earlier this year. This states that any mandatory retention regime would be violate European law. The UK government initially plan to implement a voluntary code of practice, a move which PI believe to be a violation of the Data Protection Act.

http://www.privacyinternational.org/
Further information

LSE will host a public meeting on October 22nd to assess proposed government legislation to retain and snoop on the communications and Internet activity of everyone in the UK.

The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) maintains its recommendation to ISPs that they do not subscribe to the voluntary code of practice under the Home Office’s data retention proposals.
GreenNet will not participate in the voluntary retention as we remain deeply concerned that the voluntary code laid before parliament is not compliant with data protection principles and Human Rights standards. GreenNet calls on other UK ISPs not to subscribe to the voluntary code of practice under the Home Office’s data retention proposals. This is in line with with ISPA’s (Internet Service Providers Association) recommendations.

http://www.gn.apc.org/userpolicy.html

Tags: Data Retention, Interception and Surveillance