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From: Declan McCullagh
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Sent: 20/05/01 14:21
Subject: FC: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email, phone calls
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Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:25:46 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Jei <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Labour supports email spy policy
More snooping to come
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/display_news.cfm?NewsID=1124
by Wendy Brewer
Friday, 18 May 2001
Labour supports email spy policy
The government is backing EU plans to extend the state's power to snoop
at
private emails.
Under the proposals, all email communications will have to be retained
by
ISPs for a seven-year period.
"Only people who have something to hide should be worried," said a
spokesperson at the Department of Trade and Industry. "The government
will
only have cause to browse emails if they have their suspicions about a
user.
They simply don't have the time or money to check every email sent."
[...]
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