UK Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

[Roland Perry]

In article 
<CAK0b=2cu=0GrxSXoA8BedTPfseu0dBAv+qBxmOENd+vgYD17Qw at mail.gmail.com>, 
Tony Naggs <tony.naggs at googlemail.com> writes
>I'm not really clear why a law change is required for communications 
>data to be held for 12 months. Probably most businesses will want to 
>hold this data for a year in order to address billing disputes & such

Very few ISPs produce itemised bills saying who you emailed and when, or 
listing which web pages you went to in order to use up your 1GB/month.
-- 
Roland Perry