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Telephone records will be stored for at least six months, the new law says (Photo: EUobserver)

EU passes controversial data retention law

EU justice and interior ministers have sealed a landmark data-retention law, forcing telephone operators and internet service providers to store data in the fight against terrorism and organised crime.

The data retention directive was approved by ministers in Brussels on Tuesday (21 February), putting an end to a heated debate in and outside EU institutions for over a year and a half.

The directive aims at tracking down terrorists, paedophiles and criminal gangs, but civil liber...

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Telephone records will be stored for at least six months, the new law says (Photo: EUobserver)

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