[Infowarrior] - German Bundestag Decides to Implement Data Retention

[Richard Forno]

9. November 2007
German Bundestag Decides to Implement Data Retention

Starting next year, all communication providers in Germany will have to
store all connection data for six months. This includes:

    * Phone calls: Date, time, length and involved numbers of all phone
calls (landline, mobile or VoIP)
    * In case of mobile phones additionally the location of the phone at the
time of the call, the IMSI code of the phone and SMS connection data
    * Internet access: IP address, date, time and length of the connection,
and the line which was used
    * E-mail: e-mail-addresses involved and the header of each e-mail

The content of the communications is not stored.

The bill had been heavily criticized. Privacy advocated had organized
demonstrations agains the bill in all major German cities at the beginning
of this week. In October there had already been a large domonstration with
thousands of participants in Germany¹s capital Berlin.

All opposition parties voted against the bill. Several members of the
opposition and several hundred private protesters announced a constitutional
complaint.

http://www.kreativrauschen.com/blog/2007/11/09/german-bundestag-decides-to-i
mplement-data-retention/