EU: Mandatory retention of telecommunications data: Germany: Press freedom under attack: Big Brother Eyes German Journalists

(Speigel Online, link) See: Statewatch Observatory: The surveillance of telecommunications in the EU (link) See also: UK: Data retention: Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 2199, Electronic Communications: The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007 entered into force on 1 October 2007 (pdf). All phone-calls, e-mails, faxes, mobile phone calls (including locations) have to be retained by service providers for access by law enforcement agencies and a host of other public bodies. See Statewatch analysis: Mandatory retention of telecommunications traffic data to be “nodded” through in the UK (pdf)