Telecommunication Companies and ISPs remain obliged to keep the call and internet data of their customers. But if a prosecutor wants to see this information in connection with criminal investigations, the magistrate there must first give permission for
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The Cabinet has decided to Friday after a proposal by Minister of Ard der Steur of Security and Justice.
The retention obligation existed, but this spring had a judge there a line passed through and inoperative. He found that the privacy of people was violated seriously. Even interest groups oppose data retention and also in Parliament, there is opposition.
Van der Steur had earlier announced that he wanted to continue the storage requirement, but wanted to put in some safeguards. The retention period is six months for internet data to twelve months for telephone data. Companies store this information already, but much shorter and only to send accounts to their customers.
A longer period as the Minister is indispensable for the investigation and prosecution of serious criminal offenses. He points out that suspects are not always directly into the picture and that it is often only proves necessary at a later stage to examine call and email data. It’s not about the content of calls but data showing those who called.
Inspection should not be in any criminal investigations. It must be a serious offense which can be a suspect in custody
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