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Data retention: Who's watching you?
News The scale of the situation was revealed during an inquiry in data retention by the All Party Internet Group (APIG) on Wednesday, when ISPs detailed the requests already flooding in from government agencies who want to look at the small amounts of...
[December 13, 2002, 16:03]
IT industry: Data retention mess needs fixing
News Speaking at the Storage Expo conference on Wednesday, Eurim boss, Philip Virgo argued that there were some 17 different legal requirements in UK law alone over data retention. Virgo added that IT departments are under an increasing legislative...
[October 20, 2006, 12:50]
Data retention strategies for SMEs review
Reviews However, legislation regarding the storage of email and digital business records is changing, and this may result in many businesses facing unexpected penalties if they do not have a comprehensive data retention strategy.
[March 22, 2007, 16:47]
Home Office backs seven-year data retention laws
News According to sources familiar with the issue, the Home Office is supporting the proposed EU Telecommunications Directive in order to widen the scope of UK electronic data retention laws. But the British government has only admitted to its support...
[September 28, 2001, 15:54]
US investigates 'anti-terrorist' data retention
News Gonzales' earlier position had only emphasised how mandatory data retention would help thwart child exploitation. If data retention becomes viewed primarily as an anti-terrorism measure, recent legal and political spats could complicate the Justice...
[May 31, 2006, 9:15]
ISPs, telcos and police voice fears over data retention cost
News European legislation on data retention which is in soon to become law in Britain contains some serious flaws, according to technical and legal experts. The data retention directive that the UK, Ireland and Sweden pushed into EU law last month would...
[January 13, 2006, 8:50]
US government, Net firms fail to agree on data retention
News It lists nine reasons why keeping track of Internet users' activities is a bad idea, including: "Data retention laws threaten personal privacy and pose a security risk, at the very time the public is justifiably concerned about security and...
[June 5, 2006, 10:25]
UK Government suffers data retention blow
News Their statement went on to say: "Where traffic data are to be retained in specific cases, there must therefore be a demonstrable need, the period of retention must be as short as possible and the practice must be clearly regulated by law, in a way...
[September 17, 2002, 12:30]
Lords to consider data retention objections
News Earl Northesk is supporting six amendments to the Bill that have been tabled by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) -- a non-governmental think tank that opposes the retention of communications data for use in minor criminal...
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
Home Secretary to push ahead with data retention law
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke has acknowledged the fears of ISPs over new data retention legislation, and called for a continuing dialogue between government and industry to "understand the business point of view".
[January 11, 2006, 13:55]
Home Office admits data retention plans
News Officially, the Home Office insists that the only change for Internet users will be to "enable" data retention for longer periods, and for purposes of law enforcement. The Government confirmed that data retention would not be mandatory.
[October 26, 2001, 18:25]
ISPs revolt against data retention law
News UK ISPs are poised to ignore a Home Office voluntary code of practice addressing retention of Internet data unless big changes are made to the wording. It obliges ISPs to retain communications data for law enforcement purposes, but, a year since...
[October 23, 2002, 17:08]
Government's data retention back-pedal fails to impress
News The government is scaling down its data retention plans in a renewed effort to quell public and industry disquiet, but even the toned-down policy has met a mixed response, with one prominent think-tank already labelling it a "sham".
[March 11, 2003, 13:39]
Abandon data retention plans, urge privacy groups
News Privacy advocates are accusing the UK government of threatening the privacy and security of the British people through its controversial data retention plans. PI is concerned that if these statutory instruments are approved then data regarding UK...
[November 4, 2003, 16:35]
Permanent Data Retention For Daily Surfers
Talkback I supose if you search the same pages every day, then the retention of your search data will be permanent by default. At least I think that is the most likley senario.
[December 10, 2008, 0:23]
On the merits of data retention
Talkback Jonathan's comments ignore several considerations that argue for the value of the data retention provisions. Second, the stored data is used for all serious crimes - not just terrorist investigations.
[January 12, 2006, 10:56]
EU data retention laws face rough ride
News Should the Council's proposal unexpectedly obtain a majority, the requirement for a review of the measures in the form of an evaluation after three years in force should be incorporated into the text, so that the actual effectiveness of the...
[June 2, 2005, 14:40]
Digital rights group to fight data retention
News ORG has centred its focus on Home Secretary Charles Clarke’s proposed draft EU framework on data retention for ISPs and telecommunications companies which it believes could contravene the European Convention on Human Rights.
[September 12, 2005, 17:35]
EU data-retention directive leaked
News A draft of the European Directive on data retention has been leaked, revealing that Brussels will be asking for all communications records to be held for a minimum of six months. A number of human rights and civil liberties organisations have...
[August 2, 2005, 9:45]
UK lobbies for data retention
News Britain will renew its efforts this week to get fellow European Union members to agree to the introduction of new controls for the retention of telecommunications data, following last week's bombings in London.
[July 11, 2005, 11:25]
