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[Ian G Batten]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Roland Perry wrote:
> Indeed, that's why the proposal is to *extend* the retention period to 4 
> days. Some think that 2 days is more manageable (and indeed, the 4 days 
> is "2 days, but let's include 2 additional days to account for the 
> weekend" - but that's the sort of thing the consultation responses will 
> reflect).

The document is filled with examples of criminal investigations which
would, it is claimed, have benefitted from years of retained data.
Therefore I'm a little cynical about the retention periods outlined in
the draft code of practice, as few of them would allow the claimed
justifications to be true.

ian