EDRI and Privacy International issue open letter against new data retention laws

European Digital Rights and Privacy International have sent an urgent letter yesterday to the UK Presidency and the European Commissioners for Justice and Media to show restraint in today’s extraordinary JHA Council. EDRI expects the UK Presidency to table a new urgent procedure for the proposal on telecommunication data retention, bypassing the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Full news and downloadable PDF on the EDRI site

• www.edri.org
• http://www.privacyinternational.org