[FYI] Telecommunication Council Wants New Investigation Into Privacy Rules

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9838/1.html

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Telecommunication Council Wants New Investigation Into Privacy Rules  

Jelle van Buuren   17.10.2001  

After the political climate has changed the battle is on about the 
length of the storage of traffic data  

The European Ministers of Telecommunication decided on Monday in 
Luxembourg to investigate if the draft privacy rules of the European 
Commission on electronic communication should be revised.  

The United Kingdom and the Netherlands asked the Council to 
investigate if the proposed privacy rules still stroke 'the right 
balance between privacy and the needs of the law enforcement agencies 
in the light of the battle against terrorism.'  

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