[ILUG] Completely loo-lah law requiring retention of e-mail headers for 3 years

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:49:06 +0000
  | From: Cian Davis <davisc at skynet.ie>
  | 
  | I had read a while ago that the EU Commision was considering a law
  | that would require ISPs to keep logs of e-mail headers for 3 years
  | I dismissed it at the time as crazy due to the amount of e-mail
  | (and therefore data storage) involved.
  | 
  | I read now in the times that it will become law in a month
  | (http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0119/1200605160420.html)
  | 
  | Has the IT got it wrong or are all of us e-mail providers in for a
  | rough run over the next while to comply with draconian legislation?

 what is the EFF's take on this?

 I took an admittedly extremely brief look at the
 EFF's European site  http://www.eff.org/issues/eff-europe
 and didn't spot anything about this alleged EU directive,
 or any laws anywhere (Ireland or elsewhere, proposed or
 enacted) to implement the directive.  I assume I simply
 missed it, not really knowing what to search for .....

cheers!
	-blf-
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