[ILUG] Completely loo-lah law requiring retention of e-mail headers for 3 years

[Lars Hecking]

Cian Davis writes:
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> Hi All,
> I had read a while ago that the EU Commision was considering a law
> that would require ISPs to keep logs of e-mail headers for 3 years. I
> dismissed it at the time as crazy due to the amount of e-mail (and
> therefore data storage) involved.
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> I read now in the times that it will become law in a month
> (http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0119/1200605160420.html)
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> Has the IT got it wrong or are all of us e-mail providers in for a
> rough run over the next while to comply with draconian legislation?

 This one is slipping in under the radar with no public discussion here
 whereas in Germany a mass court action of 30000 citizens is underway
 at the federal constitutional court against the German version of that
 law, which is at the lower end of what the underlying EU directive
 prescribes.

 I think Ireland already has a 2y or longer mandatory ISP data retention
 period? The new law won't actually change much, then.

 The UK have implemented the directive for telecomms only at this time,
 not ISPs.