Data Rentention Directive (DRD) and Privacy

DRD was adoptet by the EU in 2006 and will be implemented by all Member States and EEA countries. The purpose of the directive is to give athorities a better chance to combat serious crime in that information about telephone and Internet traffic is stored.

But what is to be stored?
- Data necessary to track and identify everyone that communicate via text, audio or pictures(telephone, cell phone, email,Internet access).
- Date, time and duration of contact.
- Telephonenumbers and information that identifies sim card, phone and cell phone.
- Information about the location where the mobile equipment was when the contact began.
- Data to be stored and kept for at least 6 months and a maximum of 2 years.

DRD implies a requirement for recording of what we do with whom. Information will be made available to the police and the authorities. Datatilsynet

Svein Willassen has prepared an analysis of police use of the information to be stored, and the risk factors for Privacy. He has made three different groups:
A) History of Internet access and log for access to email addresses: this data may be crucial in investigation context and result in few risk factors for Privacy.
B) Traffic data from phones and cell phones: such data are usefull in investigation context, but tfe storage means prominent risk factors for Privacy.
C) Log of who sent email to whom: such data is of little benefit in investigation context, and storage results in significant risk factors for Privacy.
Read more about the analysis here.

A divided Norwegian goverment sends the controversial Data Rentention Directiv for consultation. SV and Sp maintains its oppositin. Ap needs support of Høyre to get the directive passed in Parilament. The deadline is set at 12.April, and the goverment`s ambition is to present a draft law to the Parliament by the summer.

I think there wil be an enormous amount of data to be stored, and I wonder how it will be possible to maintain privacy and protection of sources with such large amount of data, so they not will be missused. And then, what about the feeling of being watched, everything you say or do wil be stored, whether you`re doing something wrong or not.
This Video is about DRD in Norwegian: