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Evaluation of the EU directive on Telecommunication Data Retention

Terminology

Some abbreviations:

• DR = Data Retention
• MEP = Member of Parliament
• EP = European Parliament
• DG = Directorate Generale e.g. Home Affairs
• Art.29 Group = Data Protection Working Group

Background and Information

After the Implementation of the EU-Directive in 2005, the first evalution is planned in 2011. This might be the last chance to repeal the directive. The first evaluation draft from the commission was planned to be published in late 2010. But they are in trouble. The member states were incorrect and did not evaluate the use of the data retention.

• Bits of Freedoms report from the data retention conference on 3 december in Brussels
• EDRi lecture on Data Retention in the EU at 27c3 (27.12.10)
• Summary of the workshop on Data Retentionat 27c3
• Figures and statistics regarding Data Retention
• Flyer on Data Retention

Timeline

• march 2011: The Commission intends to submit its evaluation report and recommendations to the European Parliament and the Council in March 2011. 3rd March is a DG Home internal deadline for publishing the report.
• march 2011: publication shadow report EDRi
• march 2011: official start impact assessment by the Commission of various policy options (has already started behind the scenes some time ago - which is insane because the conclusions of the evaluations are still to be determined. But that's Brussels...)
• ± June 2011: publication impact assessment and proposal for amending directive by Commission (wild estimate)
• From there onwards: European Parliament and European Council (member states) co-decision procedure, which leads to a final result.

Organizations and Websites for more Informations

• Resources and documents
• Transposition - Overview of national implementation of data retention
• DR-FAQ - Questions and answers regarding data retention from a civil liberties perspective
• "European Digital Rights" on Data Retention

Actions and Campaigns

• Etherpad to find a name for a european wide campaign against Data Retention

• Idea for a offline campaign called Callshop Meeting

• Alternative shadow report

• DR-Action-Plan

• Europalobbying (German)

To Talk to

• List with names and contacts from all members of the eu-parlament
• People working on data retention within the national goverments.
• People working on data retention within the commission.

Anyting else

• Small Guide for "Privacy-Travellers" to Brussels (german language)