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Fri 10 Oct 2005European data law attracts serious opposition
MEPs have rejected a retention scheme that the Government put forward, writes Karlin Lillington
Attempts to introduce a pan-European data retention scheme - which involves the long-term storage of information sent and received by phone, fax and e-mail - were temporarily foiled in Brussels last week after MEPs voted to reject a proposed framework directive from the Council of Ministers.
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