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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
News As first reported by ZDNet UK last Thursday, the CMBA wants the scope of the Data Retention directive extended to cover all crimes, not just terrorism and other serious offences. CMBA sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament last week...
[November 29, 2005, 13:25]
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]
Entertainment industry 'trying to hijack data retention directive'
News Cyber-rights groups have accused the entertainment industry of attempting to hijack the European Union's data retention legislation. CMBA sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament this week claiming that it was wrong to restrict any new...
[November 24, 2005, 17:00]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
