Instead, a strategic approach to information lifecycle management, or ILM - a current buzzword for vendors such as EMC, StorageTek or Veritas - is required, the experts say, one that doesn't rely on employees managing their email.
The revised clause includes a line that encourages member states to make data retention for service providers mandatory if it is justified by national security. He said: "Countries are already starting to introduce data retention laws.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke in particular championed the need for more invasive data retention laws, saying the directive was necessary in order to prevent terrorism. A recent piece of legislation - the data retention directive - turned the rules...
Hustinx has also voiced his doubts about the effectiveness of the European data retention directive, introduced in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Now the data retention debate is to spread to the US.
EU member states are pushing for the inclusion of legislation allowing the retention of telecoms traffic data in the Communications Data Protection Directive despite civil rights objections. Caspar Bowden, chair of information age pressure group...
It's a debate that recurs over and over again whenever such laws are on the table - remember the European data retention directive and Ripa? As political climates change of course legislation must change with it - but there is no excuse for not...