Stop “data retention”
Help us stop data retention!
The European Commission is currently considering to propose changes to the EU data retention directive which we have always opposed as a flagrant violation of our privacy. There is sigificant momentum at the moment to abolish the system of mandatory blanket retention of all communications data: critical comments by the new commissioners early this year, critical constitutional court judgements, the imminent ECJ procedure initiated by Digital Rights Ireland as well as a promising coalition agreement by the new British government.
What would be helpful now, according to all experts, is a joint letter by organisations from all over Europe, calling on the competent commissioners to propose abandoning data retention. Broad pressure on and support of the Commission is needed to trigger such a move.
Draft letter can be found here: http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/DRletter
You need to send organisation, name, country, representative and e-mail by Friday, 11 June 2010, to: Pater Breyer, who leads the German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat)
P.Breyer@vorratsdatenspeicherung.de
Help us stop data retention by making this letter a success and gathering as much support for it in your country as possible!
