-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2011 11:00, Malcolm Hutty wrote:
This has now moved on, with the publication of the Evaluation Report on the Data Retention Directive.
A copy of the report, and a little commentary I wrote are at the URLs that follow
No sooner do I report that relatively happy news, than I receive news of the response from the Council of Ministers. The Presidency has circulated to Member States a questionnaire that reads rather like a rebuttal. In particular the questionnaire invites Member States to say * that even though Data Retention is said to be justified for the purpose of dealing with "serious crime", once data has been retained it can be used for other purposes; and * that when assess the Directive Member States can ignore the evidence and proceed simply on the basis of the expressed wishes of law enforcement. Statewatch obtained a leaked copy, which you can find here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2011/apr/eu-council-mand-ret-discussion-paper... - -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2/6W8ACgkQJiK3ugcyKhQc5QCghbm+/oeBKFCwXz/l1KJXITyh PYkAn1HJorlUln930dpb7Z5aucS0kyMx =gBV2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----