Overview of national data retention policies
Overview of national data retention policies
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Data retention transposition schedule
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
(EU directive) |
- |
6-24 months |
directive, 15 March 2006 |
Directive's requirements:
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Directive's requirements:
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Directive's requirements:
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Directive's requirements:
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Directive's requirements:
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providers of publicly available electronic communications services or of a public communications network |
competent national authorities in specific cases for the purpose of the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime, as defined by each Member State in its national law |
yes, action brought by Ireland |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Austria |
not yet |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Belgium |
yes |
Reported:
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Bulgaria |
yes |
? |
Reported:
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yes, Supreme Court Challenge |
Access to Information Program (AIP) | ||||||||
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Cyprus |
yes | 6 months |
Ο Περί Διατήρησης Τηλεπικοινωνιακών Δεδομένων με Σκοπό τη Διεύρηνση Σοβαρών Ποινικών Αδικημάτων Νόμος του 2007. Νόμος , no.: Ν. 183(Ι)/2007; Cyprus Gazette , no.: 4154 , date pub: 31/12/2007 , page: 01466-01483 ; date into force/en vigueur: 31/12/2007 ; ref.: (MNE(2008)50638) |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Czech Republic |
yes | 12 months |
Act on Electronic Communications No. 127/2005 Coll. as amended by law 247/2008 Coll. |
1. pre-paid phone card identificator 2. public phone box identification (number and geographic position data) |
1. IP adresses of terminals from which were sent SMS (service od sending SMS from web form, quite widespread service in the Czech Rep.) 2. every link between MSISDN and IMEI used together in the network 3. ID of mobile phone credit coupon and its link to mobile phone number (at anonymous SIMs) 4. "additional information" not more specified. |
1. amount of data transferred 2. use of secured communication 3. identificator of user´s device
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1. status of event (e.g.fail/success, usual/unusual termination of connection) 2. amount of uploaded/downloaded data 3. "identificators of interest" (except IP adress is named as example port number) 4. method and status requests for service 5. URI identificators and its parametres requirements
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1. transport protocol 2. amounf of data trasferred |
Providers of public communication network or of publicly accessible services of electronic communications |
Police, public prosecutors and courts in penal proceedings. Provisions in Police Act enable to resend the data to Interpol, SIS and Europol or foreign policies in case of "serious danger". Similar vague backdoor for tranfer of rateined data to intelligence services are in current and also in proposed new Police Act.
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In preparation. |
Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) | |
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Denmark |
yes |
12 months |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Estonia |
yes |
12 months |
ELEKTROONILISE SIDE SEADUSE JA RAHVATERVISE SEADUSE MUUTMISE SEADUS. seaduse parandus , no.: RTI, 07.12.2007, 63, 397 ; Elektrooniline Riigi Teataja , no.: RTI, 07.12.2007, 63, 397 ; ref.: (MNE(2007)58607) |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Finland |
yes | Reported:
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
France |
yes | 12 months |
Décret no 2006-358 du 24 mars 2006 relatif à la conservation des données des communications électroniques. Décret , no.: 2006-358; Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF) , date pub: 26/03/2006 ; date into force/en vigueur: 27/03/2006 ; ref.: (MNE(2007)56763) |
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Member State | EU directive transposed? | Data Retention Period | Legal instruments and date of entry into force | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony | Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other | Who is compelled to retain data? | Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? | Legal challenges pending? | Competent NGO |
Germany |
yes |
6 months for traffic data, 12-24 months for subscription information (name, address, birth date, telephone number, PIN codes etc.) |
statute (de, en), 1 January 2008: Gesetz zur Neuregelung der Telekommunikationsüberwachung und anderer verdeckter Ermittlungsmaßnahmen sowie zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2006/24/EG. Gesetz; Bundesgesetzblatt Teil 1, no.: 70, date pub: 31/12/2007, page: 03198-03211; date into force/en vigueur: 01/01/2008; ref.: (MNE(2008)50149 |
- |
main direction of mobile telephone antennas |
user IP address upon every checking of the mailbox and every sending or receiving of e-mail |
- |
- |
Anonymization services are obliged to retain logs on when they replaced which data by which (§ 113a TKG). Any person providing or assisting in providing telecommunications services and in so doing allocating subscription IDs or providing telecommunications connections for IDs allocated by other parties (applies to telephony and DSL lines, including prepaid services, but not e-mail services) is to collect, prior to activation, and store the name and address of the allocation holder, the date of birth and in the case of fixed lines, additionally the address for the line, even if such data are not required for operational purposes (§ 111 TKG). The subscriber directories are electronically accessible by all German law enforcement and intelligence agencies (§ 112 TKG). |
providers of publicly accessible telecommunications services for end user |
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yes, several complaints with the Federal Constitutional Court |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Greece |
not yet |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Hungary |
yes | Reported: 15 acts |
yes, Constitutional Court challenge brought by theHungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) |
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) | |||||||||
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Ireland |
No. Irish government has issued draft transposing measure only. Criticism of draft here.
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3 years. |
Secret ministerial direction of April 2002 and Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 |
All "traffic data" and "location data" within the meaning of Directive 2002/58/EC. |
All "traffic data" and "location data" within the meaning of Directive 2002/58/EC. |
The 2005 Act does not expressly apply to email. However the language used may be wide enough to include it also - if e.g. a mobile phone operator provided an email gateway. |
The 2005 Act does not expressly apply to internet access. However the language used may be wide enough to include it also - e.g. in relation to WAP or GPRS internet access from a mobile phone. | The 2005 Act does not expressly apply to VOIP. However the language used may be wide enough to include it also - if e.g. a mobile phone operator provided a VOIP client | N/A |
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Section 64. The police may access for "(a) the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of crime (including but not limited to terrorist offences), or (b) the safeguarding of the security of the State." The army may access for "the safeguarding of the security of the State". Otherwise the information may be accessed: (a) at the request and with the consent of the person to whom the data relate, (c) in accordance with a court order, |
yes, High Courtchallenge brought by DRI (latest updates) |
See background on Irish law here. |
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Italy |
yes |
Reported: Attuazione della direttiva 2006/24/CE riguardante la conservazione dei dati generati o trattati nell'ambito della fornitura di servizi di comunicazione elettronica accessibili al pubblico o di reti pubbliche di comunicazione e che modifica la direttiva 2002/58/CE. |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Latvia |
yes | 18 months |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Lithuania |
yes |
Reported:
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Luxemburg |
partial | 6 months |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Malta |
yes |
Reported:
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Netherlands |
No. Legislation pending in Senate as of 12 July 2008. |
12 months proposed. |
location data during phone call. |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Poland |
not yet |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Portugal |
yes |
Reported: Assembleia da República-Transpõe para a ordem jurídica interna a Directiva n.º 2006/24/CE, do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 15 de Março, relativa à conservação de dados gerados ou tratados no contexto da oferta de serviços de comunicações electrónicas publicamente disponíveis ou de redes públicas de comunicações |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Romania |
yes |
12 months (Govt Proposal) 6 months (Senate) |
Reported: Lege privind reținerea datelor generate sau prelucrate de furnizorii de serv icii de comunicații electronice destinate publicului sau de rețele publice de comunicații, precum și pentru modificarea Legii nr. 506/2004 privind prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal și protecția vieții private în sectorul comunicațiilor electronice |
Electronic communication providers (same definition as in the telecom laws) |
Prosecutors, with Judicial authorisation. Competent National Security Instututions (?!?) Only for serious crimes = defined as crimes agains t the State, organized crimes and terrorism crimes |
APTI | |||||||
Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Slovenia |
yes |
Zakon o spremembah in dopolnitvah Zakona o elektronskih komunikacijah. Zakon; Uradni list RS , no.: 129/2006 , date pub: 12/12/2006 , page: 14113-14128 ; date into force/en vigueur: 27/12/2006 ; ref.: (MNE(2007)50469) |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Slovakia |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Spain |
yes |
12 months |
LEY 25/2007, de 18 de octubre, de conservación de datos relativos a las comunicaciones electrónicas y a las redes públicas de comunicaciones. Ley , no.: 25/2007; Boletín Oficial del Estado ( B.O.E ) , no.: 251/2007 , date pub: 19/10/2007 , page: 42517-42523 ; date into force/en vigueur: 08/11/2007 ; ref.: (MNE(2007)57464) |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Sweden |
not yet |
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Member State |
EU directive transposed? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
United Kingdom |
partial |
12 months |
The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007. Statutory instrument (SI) , no.: Statutory Instrument 20; Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) , no.: ISBN 978 0 11 078328 4 ; date into force/en vigueur: 01/10/2007 ; ref.: (MNE(2007)57200) |
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Non-EU- State |
Data retention implemented ? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Brazil |
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Non-EU- State |
Data retention implemented ? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Switzerland |
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Non-EU-State |
Data retention implemented ? |
Data Retention Period |
Legal instruments and date of entry into force |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: fixed line telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: mobile telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: E-Mail |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet access |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: Internet telephony |
Data to be retained beyond the directive's requirements: other |
Who is compelled to retain data? |
Who is authorised to access retained data and for what purposes? |
Legal challenges pending? |
Competent NGO |
Switzerland | yes, as of 2002 | 6 months | Buyers of prepaid mobile phone cards must be identified and registered by ID document (name, address, date of birth) | operators of fixed line and mobile telephony, public ip-based telecommunications services | no |
Please update this table by entering information on data retention in your country:
See also
- European Commission: National provisions on data retention communicated by the member states
- European Commission: Transposition of 2006-24-EC by Member States Status January 2009
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte: Rechtsvergleichende Analyse im Hinblick auf die Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2006/24/EG über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung (in German: details on data retention in BE, DK, DE, FR, GR, GB, IR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, CZ as of 2008-03-10)