Data Retention Directive

Directive 2006/24/EC, governs "the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC"

External links

• Text of the directive

Further Reading

• "Protecting Privacy against the Police in the European Union: The Data Retention Directive" by Professor Francesca Bignami, Chicago Journal of International Law, Spring 2007.