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                    EU: Statewatch launches Observatory on the surveillance of telecommunications in the EU
                    01 November 2005
                    
                    
Under mandatory data retention a record will be kept of everyone's phone-calls, e-mails, mobile phone calls (including location) and internet usage. The Council (the 25 EU governments) are proposing the data can be accessed by law enforcement agencies for any suspected crime, however minor. The proposal is now being discussed in the European Parliament. 
Observatory (link)