Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency )
The new regulations are contained in an European Commission directive on data retention that already applies to telecoms providers and is now being extended to ISPs. The directive was conceived as a response to the London bombings of July 2005, following which the Council of the European Union highlighted “the need to adopt common measures on the retention of telecommunications data”. “Knowing when someone sent an email or made an IP telephony call, and knowing who they ...
APP RSS - http://www.app.com.pk/en_/Signs of the Times News for Mon, 06 Apr 2009
By Signs of the Times
Another EU directive which requires companies to hold details of telephone records for a year has already come into force, and although internet data is held on an ad hoc basis this is the first time the industry has faced a statutory ... " Access to communications data is governed by Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which ensures that effective safeguards are in place and that the data can only be accessed when it is necessary and proportionate to do so," he said. ...
Signs of the Times - http://www.sott.net/Internet surveillance starts today | Emergency Services News
By marcus
The European Union directive, of which Britain was instrumental in creating, requires all internet service providers to retain information on email traffic, visits to web sites and telephone calls made over the internet, for 12 months. ... “Access to communications data is governed by Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which ensures that effective safeguards are in place and that the data can only be accessed when it is necessary and proportionate to do so,” he said. ...
Emergency Services News - http://www.esnews.co.uk/THE AGE OF INTERNET SURVEILLANCE | Panopticon Blog
By Anya Proops
The obligation to retain this data is imposed under the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 (”the Regulations”). The regulations were enacted in order to bring into effect the provisions of the Data Retention EU Directive ...
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Monday, 6 April 2009
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