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Evaluation of the EU directive on Telecommunication Data Retention

Background and Information

After the implementation of the EU Data Retention Directive in 2005, the Commission presented an evaluation report in 2011 and intends to present a proposal to revise the directive. This might be the last chance to repeal the directive.

• 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 Retention at 27c3
• Figures and statistics regarding Data Retention
• Flyer on Data Retention

Timeline

• 8 June 2011: Commission Meeting with civil society representatives ("consumer groups, victim protection groups etc.")
• 17 June 2011: Commission Meeting with industry representatives
• 22 June 2011: Commission Meeting with representatives of national DPAs and the EDPS
• 30 June 2011: Commission Meeting with representatives to be named by Member States
• Summer: Commission will present Impact Assessment
• By the end of 2011: Commission proposal to amend the data retention directive
• From there onwards: European Parliament and European Council (member states) co-decision procedure, which leads to a final result.

To do

• Data retention action plan, updated 14 May 2011
• Etherpad to find a name for a european wide campaign against Data Retention
• How-to for a decentralized Public-Phone-Call-Offline-Campaign called Callshop Meeting
• 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.

Organizations and websites for more information

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

Anyting else

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

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