Comments on: Data Retention in Europe: The story so far

By: RunningWithBulls.com - The curse of Sanfermin » Blog Archive » Data Retention: Write to your MEPs NOW!

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:18:13 +0000

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By: Tuppenceworth.ie blog » MEPs Need You To Fill Their Brains With Info

Tuppenceworth.ie blog » MEPs Need You To Fill Their Brains With Info — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:05:59 +0000

[...] The last we heard of this matter, the parliament had produced a minimalist version of the Commission’s Directive. It was to endorse a maximum of 1 year’s storage of voice and mobile location data, and 6 months of IP (internet) data. You can read all about that version here. [...]

By: liam

liam — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:45:46 +0000

Wondering whether this extends to search? If you have for example, a Google account and someone wants to access your search history?

By: Digital Rights Ireland » Euro Data Retention: Crunch Time

Digital Rights Ireland » Euro Data Retention: Crunch Time — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:04:08 +0000

[...] We have posted previously about the moves to introduce data retention, for the purposes of allowing a deliberate surveillance of citizens, on an EU-wide basis. The Commission’s proposal for a directive on this matter would compound our own national statutory Data Retention regime, created by Part 7 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005. Now we bring you an update, with some time critical information. [...]

By: frankp

frankp — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:18:55 +0000

Thanks Guys! Scary stuff.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:55:06 +0000

The current proposals are all ambiguous as to whether content as distinct from traffic data would be covered. However we are concerned that any scheme of traffic data will inevitably end up capturing content in any event. For example, if a log records that user X accessed page http://digitalrights.ie on the 9th November, then this is more than mere “traffic data”: it shows what that user was reading. Similarly, if emails are logged in a way which includes their subject heading (which seems likely) then this will often indicate the content of the message.

By: Fergal

Fergal — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:57:20 +0000

While there is debate about whether the content of e-mails is covered by Data Retention, it is the view of some of us that the INTERCEPTION OF POSTAL PACKETS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MESSAGES (REGULATION) ACT, 1993 (which allows for phone-tapping and mail interception) does not allow for any judicial oversight of interception of web-based mail services. So as far as Gmail, hotmail, etc. are concerned, yes, content appears to be interceptable The same may apply to IMs and indeed to VOIP.

By: frankp

frankp — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:49:24 +0000

Still wondering about content of emails and IM’s… anyone know?

By: frankp

frankp — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:10:49 +0000

From http://www.dataretentionisnosolution.com/

The proposal to retain traffic data will reveal who has been calling and e-mailing whom, what websites people have visited and even where they were with their mobile phones. Telephone companies and internet services providers would be ordered to store all traffic data of their customers.

Does this include the actual content of emails? What about instant messaging tools?

Or is it only sender/recipient details? Or is it defined?

Great site – Thanks!

By: The Community At Large » Digital Rights Ireland on EU Data retention

The Community At Large » Digital Rights Ireland on EU Data retention — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:24:52 +0000

[...] The Digitial Rights Ireland site has a nice introductory post regarding data retention. Reporting of events in the EU is sparse in Irish and British newspapers. So, to try to keep our readers up to date, we’ve compiled the story of the push to bring in data retention across the EU, up to now. It should serve as a useful mixture of background information, jargon explanation and opinion collation. [...]