EU executive unveils electronic data storage plan
A Reuters newswire article by Huw Jones, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
The European Commission on Wednesday adopted a proposal that details of all telephone, Internet and e-mail traffic should be logged to combat terrorism and serious crime.
The move challenges European Union member states who are negotiating a rival plan.
Telephone and Internet firms are waiting for the outcome of the clash as the proposals differ over how much industry will end up paying to store data, depending on how much longer it has to be kept.
The push for EU-wide data storage came after the Madrid bomb attacks last year and intensified after the London bombs in July when Britain took over the rotating EU presidency.
The Commission's text aims to harmonize the current patchwork of data retention practices across the bloc.
"We take full account of two main, fundamental rights -- the right to security ... and privacy protection," Commission Vice President Franco Frattini told a news conference.
The Commission proposes storing data related to mobile and fixed telephone traffic for a year to allow the police to trace the time, place, and numbers used, even for unsuccessful calls, Frattini said.
posted by Fergie @ 9/21/2005 09:16:00 AM
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