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US justice department presses for data-retention laws

The department has called for new laws on how mobile companies collect and store information about their customers Read more

11 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Home Office backs seven-year data retention laws

...EU Telecommunications Directive in order to widen the scope of UK electronic data retention laws. The outcome could result in a change to the Regulation... Read more

28 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Lords questions gov't over web-data retention laws

The government has been asked how it will phrase a law requiring ISPs to retain internet-traffic data for up to two years Read more

1 July, 2008 by Tom Espiner

MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws

Baroness Sarah Ludford has accused the film and music industry of opportunism over its attempts to extend data storage rules to cover copyright infringement Read more

29 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden and Karen Gomm

EU data retention laws face rough ride

Laws designed to force service providers to retain all voice and data communications for up to three years will face a rough ride next week Read more

2 June, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Euro data retention laws are inadequate and may be illegal

So says the data protection watchdog Read more

27 September, 2005 by Jo Best

America debates data retention

...in its 25 member countries — several of which had enacted their own data retention laws already — must retain customer data for a minimum of six... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement

...noted that this clause might itself be non-compliant with the EU data-retention laws that were transposed into UK law in April. Edwards pointed... Read more

27 November, 2009 by David Meyer
Google tightens up search privacy

Google tightens up search privacy

...proposed timeframe for retaining the data in identifiable form was chosen because data-retention laws in Europe require communications service providers to hold on to... Read more

15 March, 2007 by Elinor Mills

US government, Net firms fail to agree on data retention

Following a secret meeting, it appears the Justice Department wants to at least require Internet providers to record customers' Internet Protocol addresses, though that may just be the beginning Read more

5 June, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Internet industry slams villainous data retention

...Internet Villain of the year on Thursday night, for pushing for tougher data retention laws in Europe. The award was presented at the ISPAs, the... Read more

24 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

On the merits of data retention

...enforcement, but for protection from each other as well. Europe's new data retention laws and the US Patriot Act highlight how out of touch... Read more

10 January, 2006 by Jonathan Yarden

Sony and the EC vie for Internet Villain award

...the UK presidency of the EU was attacked "for seeking EU wide data retention laws which will force ISPs and telcos to retain more data... Read more

13 December, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Email quarantines and corporate paranoia boost demand for storage

...to pay if it significantly reduces the amount of spam, but strict data retention laws, such as Sarbanes-Oxley regulations in the US, mean companies... Read more

26 May, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Internet villain nominees revealed

...Internet Heroes are nominated for their work trying to address problems with data retention laws in the UK. A Home Office made a surprise showing... Read more

23 December, 2002 by Matt Loney

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