The European Union’s data protection watchdog has called the Data Retention Directive the most privacy invasive instrument ever adopted by the E.U. On Friday the European Data Protection Supervisor ...

The EU has given the final thumbs-up to a controversial data retention directive. The legislation, which the EU says is necessary to help fight terrorism and organised crime, was passed by justice ...

The German Parliament said Tuesday that the European Commission’s controversial Data Retention Directive may be illegal. The directive requires European communications service providers to retain data ...

The European Union has given the final thumbs-up to a controversial data retention directive. The legislation, which the EU says is necessary to help fight terrorism and organized crime, was passed by ...

The latest statistics published by German police show that telecommunications data retention has had no positive impact on the number of cases solved. The latest statistics published by German police ...

The legal verdict against Brussels’ competencies on the transfer of passenger data to the US is likely to boost opponents of another contentious issue – the bloc’s disputed data retention issue. The ...

The Swedish authorities won’t take action against an ISP that erased all retained communications metadata, even though there is still a law in place compelling providers to retain such data, the ...

The European Community (EC) is expected to publish its evaluation report on the directive early in 2011, including proposals for amendments. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström indicated in ...

The UK government walked off with the title of Internet Villain of the year on Thursday night, for pushing for tougher data retention laws in Europe. The award was presented at the ISPAs, the annual ...

The European Union's data protection watchdog has called the Data Retention Directive the most privacy invasive instrument ever adopted by the E.U. The European Union’s data protection watchdog has ...