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EU agrees anti-terror data scheme

EU ministers hammered out a faster timetable for anti-terrorist measures including data storage of phone calls, emails and text messages at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday (13 July)

The bloc secured political agreement to push ahead with the move, designed to help law enforcement agencies, following a heated debate on costs and civil liberties.

Member states will vote on the plan in October, choosing between two methods to take the mesaures forward - a swift intergovernmental...

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