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02-24-2006, 04:54 PM
Internet industry slams villainous data retention
This year's ISPA Internet Villain is the UK government, although BT may have put in an early bid for the 2007 award with some on-stage banter at the awards ceremony
The UK government walked off with the title of Internet Villain of the year on Thursday night, for pushing for tougher data retention laws in Europe.
The award was presented at the ISPAs, the annual awards evening organised by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
During its presidency of the European Commission last year, the UK government drove forward the data retention directive. It forces ISPs and fixed-line and mobile operators to keep details of their customers' communications for up to two years.
ISPA said that the UK government had won the award for "seeking EU wide data retention laws which will force ISPs and telcos to retain more data for longer without proper impact assessment".
Full Story: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39254218,00.htm
This year's ISPA Internet Villain is the UK government, although BT may have put in an early bid for the 2007 award with some on-stage banter at the awards ceremony
The UK government walked off with the title of Internet Villain of the year on Thursday night, for pushing for tougher data retention laws in Europe.
The award was presented at the ISPAs, the annual awards evening organised by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
During its presidency of the European Commission last year, the UK government drove forward the data retention directive. It forces ISPs and fixed-line and mobile operators to keep details of their customers' communications for up to two years.
ISPA said that the UK government had won the award for "seeking EU wide data retention laws which will force ISPs and telcos to retain more data for longer without proper impact assessment".
Full Story: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39254218,00.htm