Assessing the Evaluation of the EC Data Retention Directive

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Author(s): Nóra Ní Loideain (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 13
Source title: Human Rights and Risks in the Digital Era: Globalization and the Effects of Information Technologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christina M. Akrivopoulou (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)and Nicolaos Garipidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0891-7.ch006

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The focus of this chapter is the first evaluation of European legislation designed to harmonise domestic laws on the retention of telecommunications data for the purpose of assisting law enforcement efforts. The European Union introduced the EC Data Retention Directive in 2006. This Directive requires the retention of every European citizen’s communications data for up to two years for the purpose of investigation, detection, and prosecution of serious crime, as defined by each Member State in their domestic legislation. The Directive was the source of considerable unease amongst legislators, Data Protection authorities, and the private sector. This chapter analyses the results provided in this evaluation on the use and operation of the Directive by individual Member States of the EU.

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