According to Statewatch, the Council of Ministers - which represents EU governments in Brussels - is planning to introduce a so-called "Framework Decision" which will force countries to make laws mandating the retention of telecoms data.
The admission follows an embarrassing six months for the Home Office over the issue of data retention. In October, Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) general secretary Nicholas Lansmann advised members in a letter that was leaked to The...
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...
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has acknowledged the fears of ISPs over new data retention legislation and called for a continuing dialogue between government and industry to "understand the business point of view".
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.
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...