From: Alexander van der Wolk <av2139@columbia.edu>
  To  : <CPC@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:05:55 -0500

EU Data Retention Directive

Just to counter the argument that the EU would be more 'concerned'  
with privacy and its citizens data:

Last year (and ongoing) much debate has been spurred in the EU  
regarding the passing of the Data Retention Directive. Under this  
directive, ISPs and phone companies are mandated to keep ALL data  
records (regarding the web sites you visit and calls you make and  
receive) for as long as up to 2 years.

For those interested in the nitty gritty, there's a lot out there on  
this topic. Some initial info can be found here: http://www.iht.com/ 
articles/2005/12/14/business/data.php

More profound analysis as well as original documents can be found on  
the European Digital Rights organisation website: http:// 
www.edri.org/. Just search for "data retention".

Alex

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