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Update on data retention

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  • 10-08-2010 1:35pm
    #1
    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭


    I would like to let you know that Cecilia Malmström (European
    Commissioner for Home Affairs) has replied to our joint letter on
    data retention:
    http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/images/reply_malmstroem.pdf

    I would like to quote one particular paragraph: "Your letter refers
    to studies demonstrating that the communications data available
    without data retention are generally sufficient for effective
    criminal investigations, and that data retention is harmful and
    unconstitutional in many European Member States. I encourage you to
    provide me and my services with further details about these studies
    so that they can be taken into account in the evaluation process."

    I will be able to contribute some German statistics and studies
    according to which
    - before the introduction of data retention legislation 96% of police
    requests for traffic data were successful,
    - before the introduction of data retention legislation the crime
    clearance rate was just as high as with data retention in effect,
    - before the introduction of data retention legislation the
    clearance rate for Internet crime was significantly above average.

    It would be important to provide information from other contries as
    well. Could you let me know of any figures, statistics or studies on
    the effectiveness of law enforcement in your country in the absence
    of data retention? For example crime clearance rates in your country
    before the coming into force of data retention legislation,
    especially for cybercrime. We need to be able to demonstrate to the
    Commission the effectiveness of law enforcement in the absence of a
    blanket data retention scheme. Also if you are aware of any other
    studies on data retention, please let me know.

    Besides it would still be helpful if you (IrelandOffline)
    discussed the future of the data retention directive personally with
    the Commissioners in charge (Malmström, Reding, Kroes) or their
    competent Cabinet members:
    - in Malmstroem’s Cabinet: Søren Schønberg
    http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/malmstrom/myteam/default_en.htm
    - in Reding’s Cabinet: Jan Ostoja-Ostaszewski / Telmo Baltazar
    http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/about/team/index_en.htm
    - in Kroes’ Cabinet: Arnoud Bader
    http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/about/team/index_en.htm

    Best regards,
    Patrick Breyer
    German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat)
    P.Breyer@vorratsdatenspeicherung.de


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