Re[2]: ZDNet UK 26/10/2001: "Home Office admits data retention plans"

[Caspar Bowden]

> Arturo Quirantes
...
>         What Id like to know is how will it interact with the 
> lates proposal of Directive on privacy of e-comms.  Last time 
> I read it, it forbade logging except for billing purpuses, 
> explicitly leaving law enforcements fishing expeditions out.  
> A few days ago it was rejected by the European Parliament 
> because of criterion differences on spam, but if the new 
> draft passes through, therell be no authorization to log 
> traffic data.  Any indication on what the UK gov is planning 
> regarding that Directive?

-----Original Message-----
From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Caspar
Bowden
Sent: 16 October 2001 15:14
To: cb@fipr.org
Subject: FIPR Release 16/10/2001: EMERGENCY POWERS ALLOW
MASS-SURVEILLANCE FOR NON-TERRORIST INVESTIGATIONS 

[snip]

...The same source said a ministerial certificate will assert "national
security" exemptions (Note 5) so that ISPs and telephone companies will
not be in breach of European Directives....

5. Section 32. of SI 2093 allows a certificate signed by a Minister of
the Crown to over-ride the prohibition on blanket data retention for
National Security purposes
(http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19992093.htm)