'Today' considers data retention and IMP

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Richard Clayton wrote:

>> Google have significant business activities in EU. What reason is
>> there to think they will not comply with this directive?
>
> Well it doesn't apply to them:
>
> consider s3 of the draft transposition into UK law:
>
>    3. These Regulations apply to communications data if, or to the
>    extent that, the data are generated or processed in the United
>    Kingdom by public communications providers in the process of
>    supplying the communications services concerned.

But Google have, TTBOMK, at least one production, 
public-service-hosting data-centre in the EU. So, within the bounds 
of IP geo-location technology, I wonder if most EU gmail users would 
have their data located in the EU?

Though, if so, it's perhaps not the UK implementation of the 
directive which might apply but the Irish one.

Interesting: http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=9411

regards,
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