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UK, France and Belgium seek to stop privacy on the net

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2001/may/03Genfopol.htm

Three EU governments - UK, France and Belgium - press ahead with 12 months retention of telecommunications data - ditching citizens' rights on data protection and privacy under EU law

As the Council of the European Union (representing all 15 governments) is discussing the draft "Conclusions" (see: S.O.S.Europe) on giving law enforcement agencies access to communications data, the UK, France and Belgium already have plans to introduce the retention of telecommunications data for at least 12 months. These plans are revealed in official responses to a survey of national positions on computer crime carried out by the EU Police Cooperation Working Party (dated 24 April 2001).

The survey confirms the determination of EU law enforcement agencies to achieve a number of objectives:

i) to stop the deletion of telecommunications data which is required under the law as laid down in the EC Directives on data protection and privacy;

ii) to stop users having anonymity in their communications (see attack on cybercafes below);

iii) to ensure that the law enforcement and security agencies have access to the retained/archived data;

iv) to ensure that data is retained, in the first instance, for at least 12 months - once the EC Directives are breached they can argue for seven years, ten years or more later.

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