27C3: Data Retention in the EU five years after the Directive

Why the time is now to get active

2011 will again be a crucial year in the battle against data retention and blanket surveillance. The EU Commission is planning to publish its review of the directive in December (right in time before 27C3), and the lobbying and PR battle has already begun. In six months from now, we will see the legislative proposal from the EU commission for the revision of data retention.

The talk will give a full picture of the legal state of play, what is going on in Brussels, what is already being done and of course where you can help. The speakers are closely involved in the process on the European and national level.

In December 2005, the European Parliament agreed to the data retention directive that introduced mandatory retention of the telecommunications behaviour of half a billion EU citizens and residents. That was a huge disappointment and perceived by many as the final opening of the floodgates. Frank Rieger and Rop Gongrijp at 22C3 even declared that "we lost the war" over privacy. But things turned out different than expected.

Now, five years later, a new privacy movement has risen in Germany and elsewhere, a number of constitutional courts all across Europe have declared national data retention laws illegal, a case against the whole directive is pending at the European Court of Justice, and the EU has a justice commissioner who openly said that she would not have suggested the whole thing in the first place, and a home affairs commissioner who voted against the directive when she was still a Member of Parliament.

The talk will give a full picture of the legal state of play, what is going on in Brussels, what is already being done and of course where you can help. The speakers are all active in European Digital Rights (EDRi.org) and are closely involved in the process on the European and national level.

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[hoolio35]

@Rudde47 so its not yet active in the U.S.A?

[hoolio35]

but seriously europe keep fighting!!! i dont want this spreading to the U.S. its communism!!! 0_0

[hoolio35]

@hoolio35

[hoolio35]

so is data retention active in the U.S.A yet? i havent seen any protests against communism yet in the U.S. so i guess it isnt active yet :p

[Rudde47]

@vettacossx I don't really understand what you are trying to say to me here..

[vettacossx]

@Rudde47

THESE ARE HACKERS. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals .. Quote from The Hackers Manifesto

[Rudde47]

@vettacossx Yeah, you fuckings communist!

[vettacossx]

@vettacossx when people work together alot can happen the BANKERS and MONETARY SLAVE OWNERS will not fight the COLLECTIVE WILL...Stop trying to be a lone wolf when you have a goal NETWORK FRIENDS STICK TOGETHER regardless of the color of your skin OR" HAT "

[vettacossx]

@thul this is also a bit of quantum theory at work ...REALITY is just abstract potential it awaits your intent sure...BUT THE TRULY CLEVER KNOW SYMBIOTIC INTENT IS THE KEY TO POWER....ENTANGLEMENT IS A HELL OF A THING LOL

[vettacossx]

@Rudde47 wow what a random ignorant troll LOL

@basti0007 THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO its gr8 to have the memories and cultures events here for those who care to learn about freedoms and hacktivism