Previous Politech messages: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/10/dutch-internet-providers/ http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/23/european-commission-proposes/ http://www.politechbot.com/2005/06/16/feds-contemplate-forcing/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: URGENT: letter to European Parliament against data retention Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:34:39 +0100 From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@private-berlin.de> Reply-To: bendrath@private-berlin.de To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> Declan, could you send this to politech quickly? It is pretty urgent... Thanks, Ralf --- Please spread widely and quickly --- The European Parliament - after heavy pressure and blackmailing from the council of ministers - is about to vote for mandatory retention of all communications, phone and location data in the EU for up to 2 years. This is outreageous. --> Please sign the open letter drafted by Privacy International and European Digital Rights. Deadline is tomorrow morning, 6 December, 9:00 CET. We especially welcome signatures from Data protection authorities, Consumer unions/organisations and Internet and Telecom providers. Signatures should be sent to Sjoera Nas, EDRI, <sjoera@private> and/or Gus Hosein, Privacy International, <gus@private>. Thanks for your support. Ralf Bendrath (European Digital Rights) http://www.privacyinternational.org/retentionlaunderingcampaign Open Letter to the European Parliament on Data Retention 05/12/2005 To all Members of the European Parliament We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the Retention of Data Processed in Connection with the Provision of Public Electronic Communication Services and Amending Directive 2002/58/EC. Adopting this Directive would cause an irreversible shift in civil liberties within the European Union. It will adversely affect consumer rights throughout Europe. And it will generate an unprecedented obstacle to the global competitiveness of European industry. (...) _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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