U.S. Could Get Access to EU Data Retention Information
Helena Spongenberg writes on EUobserver.com:
US authorities can get access to EU citizens' data on phone calls, sms' and emails, giving a recent EU data-retention law much wider-reaching consequences than first expected, reports Swedish daily Sydsvenskan.More here.
The EU data retention bill, passed in February after much controversy and with implementation tabled for late 2007, obliges telephone operators and internet service providers to store information on who called who and who emailed who for at least six months, aimed at fighting terrorism and organised crime.
posted by Fergie @ 5/14/2006 03:25:00 PM
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