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EU: SECILE PROJECT: Study: The EU Data Retention Directive: a case study in the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU counter-terrorism policy

08 November 2013

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"SECILE’s first publicly available report – co-authored by Chris Jones and Dr. Ben Hayes at Statewatch – examines the implementation of Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks (the “Data Retention Directive”). The Directive obliges providers of internet and telephony services to keep detailed “traffic data” (or “metadata”) regarding the identities and activities of their subscribers for between 6 and 24 months and provide access to police and security agencies for the purposes of investigating serious crime, and has been described as the “the most privacy-invasive instrument ever adopted by the EU”. This report explains the policy-making process that resulted in the Directive, the obligations stemming from it, and the way these have been transposed into the national law of the member states with reference to infringement proceedings, legal challenges and the review of the legislation by the European Commission. (SECILE is an EU-funded research project examining the legitimacy and effectiveness of European Union counter-terrorism measures (CTMs))."

See the full text: The EU Data Retention Directive: a case study in the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU counter-terrorism policy (pdf) by Chris Jones and Ben Hayes (Statewatch)

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