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Beware of the long URL for the first one. It might need cutting + pasting. [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Peter Kurilecz [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 December 2000 11:46 To: [log in to unmask] CNSNews.com 12/04/00 UK Police want access to records of all electronic communications http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\2 00012\For20001204c.html by Patrick Goodenough CNS London Bureau Chief London (CNSNews.com) - Civil liberties campaigners in Britain are alarmed at the news that the security services hope to get access to records of every phone call, email and internet connection made in the country. The Home Office has confirmed that the police and intelligence agencies have proposed that the records be kept for seven years, and that investigators be allowed access to them when tackling crimes. The actual content of the calls and messages would not be stored, merely the record of who called or e-mailed whom and when, as well as every webpage visited - information that could possibly be used to help solve crimes by establishing proof of innocence or guilt. The Standard 12/04/00 Privacy centers have their eyes on Amazon http://www.thestandard.net/article/display/0,1151,20586,00.html by Keith Perine WASHINGTON - A group of American and European privacy advocates asked their respective governments on Monday to investigate alleged violations of fair trade and data privacy laws at Amazon.com (AMZN) and its British subsidiary. The Electronic Privacy Information Center as well as Junkbusters have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for "unfair and deceptive trade practices," while London-based Privacy International asked the U.K.'s Data Protection Commissioner to investigate Amazon.co.uk for violations of British data protection law. BBC News 12/03/00 Spy plans 'threat to human rights' http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1052000/1052341.stm Civil liberties campaigners have warned the government that granting police and secret services greater snooping powers would be a breach of human rights. It has been reported that British intelligence services and the police are seeking powers to log all telephone calls, e-mails and internet traffic in the UK. The Home Office has confirmed a report in The Observer newspaper that MI5, MI6 and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) are jointly requesting new legislation requiring communication service providers (CSPs) to log phone calls and keep details for seven years. Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]