Previous Politech message: "European Parliament votes 351-133 for surveillance; also spam" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03594.html --- fwd: EU/PRIVACY: MARCO CAPPATO (RADICAL MEP OF THE BONINO LIST) TABLES A ORAL QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL ON DATA RETENTION, ON THE CONFIDENTIAL EUROPOL DOCUMENT AND ON RUMOURS OF A EU DATA RETENTION FRAMEWORK DECISION Marco Cappato, Radical MEP of the Bonino List and former EP rapporteur on privacy in electronic communications, has tabled today a oral question to the Council on the issue of data retention. The confidential Europol document published on the site www.radicalparty.org reveals that experts from law enforcement agencies have met in the Europol headquarters in closed session to talk about a common EU law enforcement viewpoint on data retention and on a questionnaire on data retention. The text of the oral question to the Council follows: "On the 11th of April 2002 a expert meeting on cybercrime has taken place in the Europol headquarters, as demonstrated by the Europol document that can be found on the www.radicalparty.org site. The agenda foresaw a discussion amongst experts from law enforcement agencies during a closed session on the issues of data retention. The results of a questionnaire have been presented and a proposal for a common EU law enforcement viewpoint on data retention has been illustrated. In the meantime the Council appears to be drafting a framework decision to introduce common data retention measures. Did the Council participate to the above mentioned meeting? What is the outcome of this meeting, and notably on the questionnaire and on the common viewpoint on data retention? What are the aims of the "expert meeting on cybercrime"? Do they work in the framework of Europol or of the Council? Is the Council working on EU framework decision on common data retention measures? Is the Council working on other measures concerning citizens' privacy?" For more information: www.radicalparty.org Marco Cappato office: Tel 0032 2 2847496; fax 0032 2 2849496 Mcappatoat_private ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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