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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]
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]
ISPs, Telcos And Police Voice Fears Over Data Retention Cost
Talkback The data retention directive is badly designed and has many ambiguities in it. Although it appears that the cost of retaining the data will be initially borne by ISPs, this should be costed by ISPs and an appropriate charge, sufficient only to...
[January 13, 2006, 22:08]
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]
ISPs, Telcos And Police Voice Fears Over Data Retention Cost
Talkback I was very interested to see your article on compliance: ‘ISPs, telcos and police voice fears over data retention cost'. As for the issue of cost for ISPs following this directive, the better informed ISPs will know that additional costs for...
[January 13, 2006, 15:17]
HP Data Retention And Guardian Online (DRAGON)
White Papers HP Data Retention And Guardian ONline (DRAGON) has been purpose-built for the telecommunications industry to expand service providers' capabilities in managing and reporting customer usage data. The HP DRAGON solution answers the need for a...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Lords Questions Gov't Over Web-data Retention Laws
News The House of Lords has questioned the government as to how it intends to implement EU legislation on internet-data retention. Under the European Data Retention Directive, ISPs in the UK will be legally obliged to retain all traffic data for up to...
[July 1, 2008, 16:06]
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]
Clarke Gets EC Backing Over Data Retention
News The European Commission has thrown its support behind Home Secretary Charles Clarke's data retention plans, calling for telecoms companies and ISPs to store details of all phone calls, text messages, faxes and email communications but not their...
[July 15, 2005, 10:00]
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]
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]
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 Parliament Rejects Data Retention Plans
News It has said it will introduce a new proposal for communications data retention with a different legal basis by the summer. It will require phone companies and ISPs to retain customer data such as the time, date and location of sent and received...
[June 10, 2005, 10:00]
US Investigates 'anti-terrorist' Data Retention
Talkback Data retention laws won't stop real criminals. Perhaps decision makers forget that data retention laws only work if you follow the status quo. As such data retention laws can only be effectively used to spy upon the rest of us in ways totally...
[June 3, 2006, 22:25]
Clarke Gets EC Backing Over Data Retention
Talkback the Commission has neither supported nor backed Clarke's proposal, it has *re-iterated* its desire for a data retention directive (i.e. eh? Commission proposed not a framework agreement put forward by the Member States).they Commission views Clarke...
[July 18, 2005, 9:20]
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]
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]
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]
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]
