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Fri 07 Jul 2009Data Retention Bill needs major reconsideration
NET RESULTS:The new Bill is worrying in that it provides little framework for safeguarding our data, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON
FINALLY, THE Government has published its proposed, often-postponed, but still overly-surveillant Data Retention Bill requiring the mandatory storage of people’s phone call data and e-mail details, the former for two years, the latter for one.
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