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Endorse EDRI's Statement Against Data Retention

Posted by timothy on from the but-they're-offering-a-free-backup-service dept.

Ville Oksanen writes "Privacy International (PI) and European Digital Rights (EDRI) have published their joint answer to the consultation on mandatory data retention. The European Commission asked for public comments on a proposed retention regime across Europe between 12 and 36 months for all traffic data generated by using fixed and mobile telephony and Internet. As Statewatch puts it: 'This is a proposal so intrusive that Ashcroft, Ridge and company can only dream about it, exceeding even the U.S. Patriot Act.' EDRI and PI are currently collecting endorsements from organizations and companies for their stamement here. This is unfortunately not enough to stop the process - expecially more should be done in the member states, which ultimately decide the fate of the proposal. So contact your local politicians today!"

6 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Who will store all that data? by marcovje · · Score: 2, Funny


    Or on the constructors that are going to build that HUGE building for the thoughtpolice where they analyse it all.

    I think I'll rename myself to Winston Smith, and apply.

  2. Woo hoo! by weave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Up to a 3 year retention on alt.binaries.* groups? Dudes, I am so moving to EU. Incompletes can bite my pale white ass.

  3. Re:Old stuff, unfortunately by not_a_product_id · · Score: 2, Funny
    "pointed away from the toilet perhaps"

    Aha! So you do have something to hide!

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  4. Re:Who will store all that data? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    unless the data will be stored to /dev/null.
    upon request, data for analysis can be taken from /dev/random

  5. Re:Who will store all that data? by retodd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who can store all records of web, email and instant messenger logs? Is it user who is responsible to store all data (including spam email)?

    In other news, Google officials have asked that ISP's and mobile phone companies not use their Gmail service to store their traffic data.

  6. Re:Information overload by egork · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since everyone was under surveillance, it was almost as if there was no surveillance at all.

    Oh, come on. Now we have SQL. :-)

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