[ga] EU Data-Retention Laws Stricter Than Many People Realized

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Seems that the EU had the jump on the west/USA for the
moment, but perhaps this is previews of coming attractions
in the US, even though the EU council has yet to vote this
directive and other EU states have yet to ratify.

See: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/04/06/0234245

A European Union directive, which Britain was instrumental in
devising, comes into force which will require all internet service
providers to
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/5105519/Internet-records-to-be-stored-for-a-year.html

retain information on email traffic, visits to web sites and telephone
calls
made over the internet, for 12 months.

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