The European parliament has today passed new, far-reaching data retention legislation for the telecommunications industry. A separate data retention directive from the European Commission was passed earlier this year, despite fierce criticism from...
The EU has given the final thumbs-up to a controversial data retention directive. The legislation, which the EU says is necessary to help fight terrorism and organised crime, was passed by justice ministers in Brussels yesterday.
Gonzales' earlier position had only emphasised how mandatory data retention would help thwart child exploitation. If data retention becomes viewed primarily as an anti-terrorism measure, recent legal and political spats could complicate the Justice...
Gonzales asked senators to adopt "data retention" legislation that would be likely to force internet providers to keep customer logs for at least a year or two. It's unclear what the prospects are for mandatory data retention in Congress this year...
Google is changing its data retention practices to make it harder to identify the specific computers used in searches. Google's servers log information every time someone conducts a web search, keeping data such as the keywords used, the IP address...
At present it is unclear whether the draft bill will call for data to be stored for up to two years by ISPs, as required from 2009 by the EU Data Retention Directive, or ask for it to be kept by government in a centralised database.