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The British government steers again at on a lengthy bewaartermijn for data about e-mails and telephone conversations in Europe.

The British authorities, that yet investigates to the perpetrators of the recent attacks on the Londense reveal transportation, fears that in the present tempo an European proposal till data raise of data about e-mails and (mobile) telephone conversations fit three year from now till suitable legislation will lead.

The present proposal requires approval of the European Parliament (EP), that the proposal receive has for data raise already with the necessary skepticism. A large number parlementarirs has trouble with the idea that every EU-citizen followed becomes and with that in advance till suspect are labeled.

The proposal round data about e-mailtraffic and telephone conversations on to hit descends from 2004, when bloody attacks in Madrid demanded 191 lives. In the original proposal, this trafficsdata had to become raised at leastyear.

The British government want that data much longer, until possible three year kept become. It do not goes around near it otherwise data the moment from now of e-mails and telephone traffic - about the content. source detectives will chosen numbers and visited internet addresses want to can check. Also failed or till position come telephone conversations will not raises must become.

Large-Brittanni steers at on a fast introduction of a bewaarplicht, through an agreement between member country governments mutually. Approval of the EP comes to decay with that and ratification and control is then a question of local parliaments.

It disturbs the British government that some countries all such data keep and other countries (as for instance Germany) no single obligation know. Terrorists would can move land to wipe their field of action that way to without bewaartermijn, so their tracks largely out.

Telecomcompanies and internetproviders complained that the managing and raise of all this data about the doing and let of all Europeans almost impossible work is. Only as it then really obliged becomes, must stand there a compensation according to the businesses opposite.

Experts pronounced beside it their doubt or abut distilled can become there from the on information berhaupt suitable information. One of the plans is the bewaartermijn to shorten till a period of six until twelve months, so the expenses to press.

With all proposals on table, the European Union must choose according to a spokesman. The fast introductions via national parliaments or the slow route via the EP cannot be followed at the same time, puts he. According to the spokesman, the European Commission plant to come “within single months” with an own proposal.

EU-commissioner for Justice Prepaid Frattini want that EU-member countries all choose for the same raise methodology. Also there per country just nowmanagement point should be the kept data with out to change.