IP: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email, phone calls

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Please not remark by government representative , sound familiar djf


>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 09:21:51 -0400
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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>Background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02035.html
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>Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:25:46 +0300 (EET DST)
>From: Jei <jei@cc.hut.fi>
>To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
>Cc: politech@politechbot.com
>Subject: Labour supports email spy policy
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>More snooping to come
>http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/display_news.cfm?NewsID=1124
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>by Wendy Brewer
>Friday, 18 May 2001
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>Labour supports email spy policy
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>The government is backing EU plans to extend the state's power to snoop at
>private emails.
>
>Under the proposals, all email communications will have to be retained by
>ISPs for a seven-year period.
>
>"Only people who have something to hide should be worried," said a
>spokesperson at the Department of Trade and Industry. "The government will
>only have cause to browse emails if they have their suspicions about a user.
>They simply don't have the time or money to check every email sent."
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