EU proposes logging of Internet, phone communications

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that a proposal has been adopted by the European Commission to log all Internet and telephone communications. From here, the proposal must be passed by EU member states, as well as the European Parliament.

The push for EU-wide data storage came after the Madrid bomb attacks last year, and intensified after the London bomb attacks in July, when Britain took over the rotating EU presidency.

The Commission proposes storing data related to mobile and fixed telephone traffic for a year, to allow the police to trace the time, place, and numbers used.

Internet data such as e-mails would be kept for six months.

(ABC News Online Australia)