IP: EU condemned over planned snoop laws

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff@iconia.com>
>To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
>EU condemned over planned snoop laws
>
>The EU has been accused of wanting powers denied to repressive regimes
>
>By BBC News Online technology correspondent Mark Ward
>
>Be careful who you talk to on the net or phone, soon law enforcement
>agencies could win sweeping powers to scrutinise the electronic
>communications of every European.
>
>Proposals are being put forward to the European Union to make communications
>companies keep records of all phone calls, e-mails, faxes and net use for
>seven years just in case police forces need to search them during criminal
>investigations.
>
>Civil liberty groups and net watchdogs have condemned the plans and said the
>laws, if passed, would give law enforcement agencies powers denied to
>repressive regimes.
>
>--SNIP--
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1334000/1334371.stm
>
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