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EU Data Detention Directive = BAD. IST 402 Team 6. Privacy Issues. Directive allows all information recovered to be handed over to authorities, instead of specific information necessary to the context of a particular investigation.
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EU Data Detention Directive = BAD IST 402 Team 6
Privacy Issues • Directive allows all information recovered to be handed over to authorities, instead of specific information necessary to the context of a particular investigation. • Users of new communications (internet, mobile phones, etc.) become worthy of scrutiny for periods of time that States’ legislatures and governments determine on their own.
Legal Issues • Some directive legislation violates the constitution of some EU member nations. • Creation of Comitology procedure for amending the list of retainable information (“for flexibility”) also allows for corruption or unchecked utilization of collected data. • Direct contrast with current legislation regarding data protection practices.
Economic Issues • Bad for nation’s economies – directive does not include any stipulations guaranteeing reimbursement for companies conducting the data retention. • Companies end up spending money retaining data that they do not need for long periods of time • Puts a burden of liability on communications corporations due to increased amounts of unnecessary retention.
Sources • http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0438:FIN:EN:PDF • http://lwn.net/Articles/172947/ • http://www.edri.org/issues/governance/eupolicy • http://www.epic.org/privacy/intl/data_retention.html#origins • http://news.com.com/EU+data+retention+directive+gets+final+nod/2100-7348_3-6042032.html • http://www.privacyinternational.org/index.shtml?cmd[342][]=c-1-Data+Retention&als[theme]=Data%20Retention&conds[1][category........]=Data%20Retention&als[_parent_]=Communication%20and%20electronic%20surveillance • http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=european+union+data+retention+directive+&spell=1 • http://www.privacyinternational.org/