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Phone call data can be stored for as long as member states want (Photo: EUobserver)

Brussels clinches data retention deal

by Teresa Küchler, Brussels,

EU justice and interior ministers have adopted a watered-down decision on data-retention in the fight against terror and organised crime.

Ministers agreed on the storage of phone call information for six to 24 months.

The stored data would detail the caller and the receiver's numbers - but not the actual conversations themselves.

UK interior minister Charles Clarke's attempt to convince his EU colleagues on the need for a strong EU-wide directive on the controversial counter...

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Phone call data can be stored for as long as member states want (Photo: EUobserver)

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