For information.
http://www.cpsr.org internet law news latest bulletin provides a link:-
http://www.bfd.bund.de/Presse/pm20041115b.pdf
to the ARTICLE 29 Data Protection Working Party's opinion regarding the
storage and retention of electronic communication services data. Opinion
9/2004.
The Working Party, in its opinion adopted on 9th November 2004, concludes
that
"not only does the draft Framework Decision fail to cover those conditions,
it expressly seeks to nullify them by not requiring definite grounds of
suspicion and a reliable basis in fact in individual cases and providing for
comprehensive data storage as precautionary measure in future legal
proceedings against any users of electronic communications systems.
The Working Party is of the opinion that the mandatory retention of all
types of data on every use of telecommunication services for public order
purposes, under the conditions provided in the draft Framework Decision, is
not acceptable within the legal framework set in Article 8."
Apologies to those for whom this is a cross posting.
Ian W
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