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The data storage directive that was pushed through under the British Presidency was not exactly eagerly anticipated in Europe. In a bid to fight terrorism and crime, citizens’ and companies’ telephone and Internet data will soon be stored for years. This is a downright breach of privacy and creates considerable legal uncertainty. The questions as to who has access to this data and who uses it have not been properly dealt with.
Telecom companies may well use the data for commercial purposes. Moreover, there are no guarantees that the compulsory data storage will help trace terrorists and criminals. While the directive applies throughout Europe, it is left to the Member States to define what is meant by ‘serious crime’, and it is unclear who will shoulder the cost of the gigantic databases required.
Not only is the directive superfluous, but it has also been piloted through the Council and Parliament far too quickly, with the rapporteur simply sidelined in the process, and the Council of Ministers throwing overboard all the guarantees that were built in by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
This is another example of how badly our democratic institutions are equipped to cope with this sort of demagogy, which governments use to play on the fears that are current among the public. Under the pretext of responding to terrorism, Fortress Europe is becoming more and more of a police state."@en1
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