May 16 2009
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months
A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period of six months. the Swedish minister stressed that nothing is set in stone regarding this, but a theory is already being put forth that [...]
Jun 4 2008
Massive Data Retention Protests Hit Germany, Expected to Spread Across Europe
Imagine that every phone call, fax, e-mail, instant message and packet of information that you sent and received was captured by your government and stored for two years, regardless of whether or not a crime was committed. Now imagine thousands of Germans marching in protest. The German protests took place over last weekend [...]
