[ot] EU ISP's

[anechoic <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Last month, the European Union passed a resolution that would require
>all ISPs to store for up to seven years e-mail message headers, Web-surfing
>histories, chat logs, pager records, phone and fax connections,
>passwords,
>and more.
>
>Already, Germany, France, Belgium, and Spain have drafted laws that
>comply with the directive.

can any of our european members give me a bead on what the law is
concerning the european ISP's and email privacy...I have a friend who
thinks that the laws that were passed in EU last month have made all euro
ISP's into gov't spooks...
what's the reality?
please put an '[ot]' in the subject header
danke!
KIM




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