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From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
To: <patents@aful.org>
Subject: UK pushes EU data retention directive
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:52:44 +0200 (CEST)

According to

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0%2C3858%2C4484984%2C00.html

  EU wants data retained to help fight against crime

the EU is, as a minor side effect of "harmonising national laws", going to
mandate data retention and storage of all internet data in the EU for the
purpose of all kinds of police investigation after court order.  The
article describes this as a major victory for the UK, whose government has
been pushing this directive.

It somehow reminds me of the UK's role in another directive proposal.

        http://swpat.ffii.org/players/uk/

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UK pushes EU data retention directive, PILCH Hartmut

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