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CNN.com - Euro civil liberty campaigners urge restraint - September 24, 2001 (555 words) |
 | Privacy and civil liberties are always on the agenda in the U.S. In Europe, that's much less the case," he said. |
| In addition, the civil liberty and privacy groups ask the European leaders to promote encryption as a way to guarantee privacy of electronic communications and not to implement legislation that would force Internet and telecommunication service providers to retain traffic data for use by law enforcement. |
| The European Justice and Home Affairs ministers have held meetings to discuss which measures to take to maintain "the highest level of security" and to combat terrorism. |
| Public denied access to Council documents on Data Retention | EDRI (669 words) |
| On 2 December 2004 the ministers of Justice and Home Affairs, united in the JHA Council, decided to focus on an extended obligation to store telecom traffic data. |
| The last version of an internal communication between the Council and the so-called Article 36 Committee - a body composed of senior officials who prepare Justice and Home Affairs legislation - was made partially available to the public. |
| Council Presidency to Article 36 Committee: Draft Framework Decision on the retention of data processed and stored in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or data on public communications networks for the purpose of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences including terrorism. |
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