Europe Won’t Indicate on Direction It Will Take Data Retention Laws Drew Wilson | June 22, 2019 Europe’s controversial data retention laws is once again in the news. Now, it’s unclear where the laws will be headed next.
Australian Data Retention Stalls Drew Wilson | May 18, 2012 Data retention has cropped up from time to time. This time, we’re noticing its appearance in Australia where it apparently hit a roadblock recently. The terms of the data retention policy has reportedly been knocked back.
EU Data Retention Implementation Deemed Unlawful By EU Authorities Drew Wilson | July 16, 2010 Civil rights advocates have achieved a key victory in the fight against the European-wide data retention policy. A short report from EU authorities says, “European Data Protection Authorities find current implementation of data retention directive unlawful”
UK Spy – Gov’t Logging Your Web Activity Saves Lives Drew Wilson | June 8, 2009 Stop us if you’ve heard this one already – we must forgo our privacy and allow the government to log all of our activity on the internet to prevent a terrorist attack. No, it’s not another pro-wiretapping argument being made in the United States, but it is a pro-data retention argument being heard in Britain …
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months Drew Wilson | May 16, 2009 A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period of six months. the Swedish minister stressed that nothing is set in stone regarding this, but a theory is already being put forth that says …
Massive Data Retention Protests Hit Germany, Expected to Spread Across Europe Drew Wilson | June 4, 2008 Imagine that every phone call, fax, e-mail, instant message and packet of information that you sent and received was captured by your government and stored for two years, regardless of whether or not a crime was committed.
German Government – Data Retention is for Terrorists, Not Copyright Infringers Drew Wilson | January 6, 2008 Last year, ZeroPaid reported on the German music industry saying it would sue 1000 file-sharers every month in the year of 2007.
