Europe to push ahead with ISP snooping law Published: June 9, 2005, 10:53 AM PDT By Sylvia Carr Special to CNET News.com Legislation that would require telephone companies and Internet service providers to save information about customers' communications is set to proceed despite being rejected by the European Parliament. The legislation's draft proposal was introduced jointly by France, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom to aid law enforcement in combating terrorist acts. It will require phone companies and ISPs to retain for 12 to 36 months customer data such as the time, date and location of sent and received e-mails and phone calls. The content of the communications, however, will not be retained. The European Parliament on Tuesday rejected the proposal, partly on grounds it could be illegal.
Legislation that would require telephone companies and Internet service providers to save information about customers' communications is set to proceed despite being rejected by the European Parliament.
The legislation's draft proposal was introduced jointly by France, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom to aid law enforcement in combating terrorist acts. It will require phone companies and ISPs to retain for 12 to 36 months customer data such as the time, date and location of sent and received e-mails and phone calls. The content of the communications, however, will not be retained.
The European Parliament on Tuesday rejected the proposal, partly on grounds it could be illegal.
The cynical bastards are just exploiting this opportunity to plug their plans.
(I posted on this a little while back.) "Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut
