FW: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email, phone calls
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1984, anyone? :)
Later,
Troy
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From: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@well.com>
To: <politech@politechbot.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 8:21 AM
Subject: FC: U.K. Labour government backs 7-yr storage of email,
phone calls
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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
>
>
> More snooping to come
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/display_news.cfm?NewsID=1124
>
> by Wendy Brewer
> Friday, 18 May 2001
>
> Labour supports email spy policy
>
> 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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