I only recently read
the Statutory Instrument (SI) of the Data Retention (EC Directive)
Regulations 2009
(http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473894/contents).
I was - mistakenly -
under the impression that ISPs were required to store all URLs
visited and the metadata of all e-mails (to, from, time, IP address,
subject) assuming they were sent via SMTP (rather than via webmail
HTTP(S)).
Moreover, the SI suggests to me
that much of the information demanded would anyhow have been retained by the
communication
providers for billing purposes or as a convenience for their
consumers (e.g. to check which numbers they had called months or years ago).
The SI doesn't strike
me as quite as oppressive as I had thought before I read it. What am I
missing, if
anything?
Thanks.
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