[cooperation-wg] Re: cooperation-wg digest, Vol 1 #28 - 1 msg

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On 03/05/2011 11:00, Malcolm Hutty wrote:
> This has now moved on, with the publication of the Evaluation Report on
> the Data Retention Directive.
> 
> A copy of the report, and a little commentary I wrote are at the URLs
> that follow

No sooner do I report that relatively happy news, than I receive news of
the response from the Council of Ministers. The Presidency has
circulated to Member States a questionnaire that reads rather like a
rebuttal.

In particular the questionnaire invites Member States to say

* that even though Data Retention is said to be justified for the
purpose of dealing with "serious crime", once data has been retained it
can be used for other purposes; and

* that when assess the Directive Member States can ignore the evidence
and proceed simply on the basis of the expressed wishes of law enforcement.


Statewatch obtained a leaked copy, which you can find here:

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2011/apr/eu-council-mand-ret-discussion-paper-9439-11.pdf

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