EU snooping on citizens - the story so far.

by Colman Thu Nov 10th, 2005 at 04:51:38 AM EST

Digital Rights Ireland have a good summary of the events so far in the attempt by the British, Irish and French governments to push draconian surveillance of electronic communications EU-wide.

Our government is deeply involved with an attempt to impose a system of ‘data retention’ across Europe - tracking all telephone calls, internet usage, and even people’s everyday physical location (if they use a mobile) and leaving that huge mass of data for telecoms companies to look after, unless and until, any member state would like to rummage through it.

Just like the rules we have in Ireland, so I probably shouldn't be writing this ...