FC: Skullduggery in Europe: What happened at secret police summit?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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EU/PRIVACY: MARCO CAPPATO (RADICAL MEP OF THE BONINO LIST) TABLES A ORAL 
QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL ON DATA RETENTION, ON THE CONFIDENTIAL EUROPOL 
DOCUMENT AND ON RUMOURS OF A EU DATA RETENTION FRAMEWORK DECISION


Marco Cappato, Radical MEP of the Bonino List and former EP rapporteur on 
privacy in electronic communications, has tabled today a oral question to 
the Council on the issue of data retention. The confidential Europol 
document published on the site www.radicalparty.org reveals that experts 
from law enforcement agencies have met in the Europol headquarters in 
closed session to talk about a common EU law enforcement viewpoint on data 
retention and on a questionnaire on data retention.

The text of the oral question to the Council follows:

"On the 11th of April 2002 a expert meeting on cybercrime has taken place 
in the Europol headquarters, as demonstrated by the Europol document that 
can be found on the www.radicalparty.org site. The agenda foresaw a 
discussion amongst experts from law enforcement agencies during a closed 
session on the issues of data retention. The results of a questionnaire 
have been presented and a proposal for a common EU law enforcement 
viewpoint on data retention has been illustrated. In the meantime the 
Council appears to be drafting a framework decision to introduce common 
data retention measures. Did the Council participate to the above mentioned 
meeting? What is the outcome of this meeting, and notably on the 
questionnaire and on the common viewpoint on data retention? What are the 
aims of  the "expert meeting on cybercrime"? Do they work in the framework 
of Europol or of the Council? Is the Council working on EU framework 
decision on common data retention measures? Is the Council working on other 
measures concerning citizens' privacy?"


For more information:
www.radicalparty.org
Marco Cappato office:
Tel 0032 2 2847496;
fax 0032 2 2849496
Mcappato () europarl eu int




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