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    Phonecalls and texts to be logged

    Information about all landline and mobile phone calls made in the UK must be logged and stored for a year under new laws.

    Is this draconian? Could it be implemented here too?

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    Re: Phonecalls and texts to be logged

    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu
    Information about all landline and mobile phone calls made in the UK must be logged and stored for a year under new laws.

    Is this draconian? Could it be implemented here too?

    Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7021647.stm]Here
    Im pretty sure that that information is available from the phone companies anyway. The law surely just means that they have to store it for a year- which they probably do given that there will always be disputes about charges.

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    It already is and has been for ages and details held for longer than a year.

    Its why the Glasgow bombers could be traced so easily.

    Reality is that police were less than 30 minutes away from picking them up.

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    Re: Phonecalls and texts to be logged

    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu
    Information about all landline and mobile phone calls made in the UK must be logged and stored for a year under new laws.

    Is this draconian? Could it be implemented here too?

    Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7021647.stm]Here
    Could you fix the link, thanks.
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    Re: Phonecalls and texts to be logged

    Quote Originally Posted by }IknowurbutwhatamI{
    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu
    Information about all landline and mobile phone calls made in the UK must be logged and stored for a year under new laws.

    Is this draconian? Could it be implemented here too?

    Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7021647.stm]Here
    Could you fix the link, thanks.
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    The EU has laid down rules for what must be maintained - it involves where the call was made (including the cells if it is a mobile call), who made it, call duration, email addresses, subject lines etc - basically everything EXCEPT for the content. Individual member states are exceeding the minimum requirements in their own legislation - most notably the likes of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. But as posters have already said - the phone companies are already storing data for billing purposes so it is no big deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gimpanzee
    The EU has laid down rules for what must be maintained - it involves where the call was made (including the cells if it is a mobile call), who made it, call duration, email addresses, subject lines etc - basically everything EXCEPT for the content. Individual member states are exceeding the minimum requirements in their own legislation - most notably the likes of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. But as posters have already said - the phone companies are already storing data for billing purposes so it is no big deal.
    But how long before they start storrng the data? You have already said that some member states are storing more than the minimum requirement. Reid in the UK would love the chance to do this.
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    When I was a kid every phone call made between Britain and Ireland was monitored by GCHQ in Cheltenham. Apparently there were trigger words. Most Irish families in Britain back then were well aware of the eavesdropping..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aindriu
    Quote Originally Posted by Gimpanzee
    The EU has laid down rules for what must be maintained - it involves where the call was made (including the cells if it is a mobile call), who made it, call duration, email addresses, subject lines etc - basically everything EXCEPT for the content. Individual member states are exceeding the minimum requirements in their own legislation - most notably the likes of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. But as posters have already said - the phone companies are already storing data for billing purposes so it is no big deal.
    But how long before they start storrng the data? You have already said that some member states are storing more than the minimum requirement. Reid in the UK would love the chance to do this.
    UK has being doing this for years and I doubt john reid would have any interest in this as he ceased being a cabinet member 3 months ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toxic avenger
    When I was a kid every phone call made between Britain and Ireland was monitored by GCHQ in Cheltenham. Apparently there were trigger words. Most Irish families in Britain back then were well aware of the eavesdropping..
    They shut down the tower they used to used in Cheshire www.secretbases.co.uk has details of it as no longer needed but they still do it.

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