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EU Passes Controversial Data Retention Directive

am 22.02.2006 von Law & Justice

According to the directive, member states will have to store citizens phonecall data for six to 24 months, but the deal does not stipulate a maximum timeperiod, cooling anger among member states who want longer storage periods. Thedata would only detail the caller and receivers numbers, not the actualconversations themselves, while so-called failed calls - calls that do not getthrough - will not be covered. EU countries have 18 months to implement therules, which already have the …

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