http://www.apc.org/en/taxonomy/term/1493 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org/en/node/6587 <p>Stencil for German campaign against the EU Directive on data retention.</p> http://www.apc.org/en/node/6587#comments data retention Green Spider stasi Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:57:26 +0100 maxigas 6587 at http://www.apc.org http://www.apc.org/en/news/security/europe/eu-directive-paints-alternative-isps-black <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">BUDAPEST</span> (maxigas for APCNews) - <p><div class="img floatleft img_assist_custom"><img src="http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/images/stasi20_2.img_assist_custom.png" alt="Stencil for German campaign against the EU Directive on data retention. Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0" title="Stencil for German campaign against the EU Directive on data retention. Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0" class="image image-img_assist_custom" width="150" height="150" /></div>A European Union directive on data retention is set to be implemented in all member states from 2009, requiring all telecom providers to hold on to your <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/289"><acronym title="email: Email, short for electronic mail, is a method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems such as the internet. The word &quot;email&quot; can be used as either a noun or a verb. Style information: Do not use e-mail with a hyphen. Source: Wikipedia">email</acronym></a>&#8217;s destination, the subject line and the sending time. European <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/258"><acronym title="internet: A set of interconnected networks operated by government, industry, academia, and private parties which allow computers and other electronic devices in different locations to exchange information. The internet includes services such as the world wide web, electronic mail, file transfer (FTP), chat and remote access to networks and computers. Style information: APC uses &quot;internet&quot; with a small &quot;i&quot; in all languages. Source: TechSoup Glossary and GenderIT.org">internet</acronym></a> service providers are requested to retain not only <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/289"><acronym title="email: Email, short for electronic mail, is a method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems such as the internet. The word &quot;email&quot; can be used as either a noun or a verb. Style information: Do not use e-mail with a hyphen. Source: Wikipedia">email</acronym></a>, but any metadata of communication originating from their network. But isn&#8217;t that a violation of the fundamental right to <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/314"><acronym title="security and privacy: Online security and privacy includes issues such as protecting data, protecting identity (the right to communicate free of the threat of surveillance and interception) and protecting against computer viruses. As media workers and human rights organisations around the world make increasing use of online technologies, there is a corresponding increase in the need for skills, knowledge, and tools to ensure that the use of technology is both effective and secure. This need is especially acute in the case of groups operating under repressive political conditions or in situations of conflict, where the challenge is to gather, protect and disseminate information effectively in a way which minimises risk to activists. The APC Internet Rights Charter states that people communicating on the internet must have the right to use tools which encode messages to ensure secure, private and anonymous communication. Style information: N/a Source: &quot;African journalists trained in how to communicate securely online&quot; (APCNews and Toni Eliasz, 30 September 2004), Take Back the Tech! and APC Internet Rights Charter">privacy</acronym></a>, as defined by our 60-year old <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Article_12">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a>? Isn&#8217;t it in direct defiance of <a href="http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/briefs/policy/all/apc-internet-rights-charter">APC&#8217;s Internet Rights Charter</a>? Groups associated with the <span class="caps">APC</span> community, academics and radical technology collectives converge onto Budapest in September to seek a way out of Fortress Europe 2.0.</p> </div> http://www.apc.org/en/news/security/europe/eu-directive-paints-alternative-isps-black#comments Security &amp; privacy data retention Europe Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:42:36 +0100 maxigas 6586 at http://www.apc.org