EU says URLS and Search Terms _are_ PECR data

[Roland Perry]

In article <A01EA037-901E-4383-8817-D210FA30898E@batten.eu.org>, Ian 
Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> writes
>Taken from a post to a Phorm inventor forum a few minutes ago.  I don't 
>have a real source, I'm afraid.  This is an interesting contrast to 
>Caspar's take on PECR last night.  The money shot is ``The data 
>concerned in this particular matter i.e. the content of search queries, 
>constitute communication within the meaning of this Directive and the 
>URLs used in the packets constitute traffic data. This data should 
>therefore be protected appropriately.''

Before getting too excited: "protected from *whom* ". This is just going 
back to who might or might not be legally entitled to intercept the 
search terms in the first place, and whether anything 
privacy-detrimental is done with the result.
-- 
Roland Perry