[IP] more on European Commission: data retention voice: 1 year and Internet 6 months
Begin forwarded message:
From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 22, 2005 12:27:11 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] European Commission: data retention voice: 1 year
and Internet 6 months
On Sep 22, 2005, at 06:45 , David Farber wrote:
From: Hendrik Rood <Hendrik.Rood@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 22, 2005 9:24:53 AM EDT
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/
05/1167&form%20at=HTML
"This proposal is a very balanced and constructive one, which takes
account of the fundamental rights to security, to a private life
and protection of personal data, as well as different interests, in
particular those of law enforcement authorities and communication
providers", said Vice President of the Commission Franco Frattini,
responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security.
I find this development fascinating. When I lived in France I was
initially annoyed that I could not get an itemised telephone bill
although I was ultimately able to pay extra to get all but the last
four digits. The explanation I was given (independently by several
technically-savvy people, not by France Telecom) was that the phone
company was _forbidden_ from storing this info once the connection
was made and billing record generated because such info had been
misused in the '30s and '40s for, umm, political ends.
Interesting if this concern is now being casually swept away.
-d
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