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EU and data retention laws with EU based VPN. - General & Suggestions - AirVPN. Ace3342, on 01 May 2013 - 13:59, said: Guys, I am sure you've answered to this question a thousand of time, unfortunately I could not find anything specific in the form (actually why there is no "search" function?).

EU and data retention laws with EU based VPN. - General & Suggestions - AirVPN

Some concerns I read around are about using a VPN service located in EU or (even worse) in US. Since you are EU-based and you clearly state that you do not log any activity, I wonder if this comply fully with EU regulation.Does the EU retention data laws apply to ISP only? In case that EU regulation changes towards higher level of monitoring internet usage, have you considered a way to counter react? I believe an EU user would feel more confident to use a VPN based for example in Malaysia rather than under the same legal authority. Hello! There are a search function and an advanced search function on the upper right corner of the web site forum pages.

Please search the forum for references and documentation on all of the above. Kind regards. DGs - Home Affairs - What we do - ...Police cooperation - Data retention. ISPs must keep some data under new law. Australian telcos will soon be required to retain customer traffic data under a new law proposed to allow Australia to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

ISPs must keep some data under new law

The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime is a treaty designed to foster cooperation and common policy between nations for dealing with multi-national crimes committed on computer networks across the globe such as online fraud or child pornography offences. It has been in place since 2004; however, the Australian Government first flagged its intention to become a signatory to the treaty in May 2010, releasing a discussion paper on the convention in February 2011. According to the Attorney-General's Department, the convention will require ISPs to preserve email and other communication data for users that law enforcement agencies are investigating for criminal activities.

"In some cases that may be as small as one text message, in other cases it might be two months worth of emails. Principle 5 of the Data Protection Act - Guide to Data Protection Act. This section answers some common questions about how long personal data should be kept.

Principle 5 of the Data Protection Act - Guide to Data Protection Act

Police: Internet providers must keep user logs. Law enforcement representatives are planning to endorse a proposed federal law that would require Internet service providers to store logs about their customers for 18 months, CNET has learned.

Police: Internet providers must keep user logs

The National Sheriffs' Association will say it "strongly supports" mandatory data retention during Tuesday's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the topic. Michael Brown, sheriff in Bedford County, Va., and a board member and executive committee member of the National Sheriffs' Association, is planning to argue that a new law is necessary because Internet providers do not store customer records long enough. "The limited data retention time and lack of uniformity among retention from company to company significantly hinders law enforcement's ability to identify predators when they come across child pornography," according to a copy of Brown's remarks. Any stored logs could, however, be used to prosecute any type of crime.

The association's endorsement comes nearly two months after Reps. Telecommunications data retention. In the field of telecommunications, data retention (or data preservation) generally refers to the storage of call detail records (CDRs) of telephony and internet traffic and transaction data (IPDRs) by governments and commercial organisations.

Telecommunications data retention

In the case of government data retention, the data that is stored is usually of telephone calls made and received, emails sent and received and web sites visited. Location data is also collected. The primary objective in government data retention is traffic analysis and mass surveillance. By analysing the retained data, governments can identify the locations of individuals, an individual's associates and the members of a group such as political opponents. These activities may or may not be lawful, depending on the constitutions and laws of each country.

Congressman endorses data retention law, then backs away. A historic lobbying effort today to update U.S. privacy laws for the 21st century seemed to be in danger of derailment by a law enforcement-backed proposal to require Internet companies and e-mail providers to keep records of what their users are doing online.

Congressman endorses data retention law, then backs away

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, the chairman of a key House of Representatives subcommittee, said this morning that it was time to resuscitate the idea of the government mandating data retention. Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, had drafted a mandatory logging proposal seven years ago that included prison terms for company executives who failed to comply. Mandatory Data Retention. Law enforcement agencies throughout the world are pushing for invasive laws that force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecom providers to continuously collect and store records documenting the online activities of millions of ordinary users.

Mandatory Data Retention

Mandatory data retention regimes are usually paired with provisions that allow investigators to obtain these records. These regimes expand the ability of governments to surveil its citizens, ultimately damaging individuals privacy, anonymity, and free expression. In countries with strong online privacy laws, mandatory data retention schemes have overridden key requirements for the protection of personal information. Data protection laws typically compel companies to limit their collection of personal information for a specific purpose [e.g. billing], and keep their data for only a specific period of time before destroying or anonymizing it.

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