Data retention ‘ineffective’ in fighting serious crime
Posted at Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by andrewJohn Leyden writes in The Register: Comms data retention is ineffective for the prosecution of serious crime, according to a study of German police statistics by local privacy activists. Germany implemented a European Union directive in 2008 requiring telecoms operators and ISPs to retain data about customers’ communications, including numbers called or email addresses contacted [...]
