So... aside from the hot air, the only concrete thing I got from that press release was that the EU politicians are so pissed that the EU court struck down their draconian data retention laws that they're going to pass a new one that resolves the technicalities on which the old one was struck down. And apparently, this is somehow going to bring the EU to "a gold standard in privacy protection". What?
> the only concrete thing I got from that press release was that the EU politicians are so pissed that the EU court struck down their draconian data retention laws that they're going to pass a new one that resolves the technicalities on which the old one was struck down. Where did you read that? Are you confusing the "data protection" with "data retention" terms? They sound similar but are opposite laws/movements.
"These are safeguards that were missing in the EU's Data Retention Directive. As a result, the Directive has been invalidated by the Court of Justice of the EU, Europe's highest court. The court said: the violation of individuals' rights was of "vast scope and particular gravity". One thing is certain: it will be have to be revised, with greater protection included for individuals."
So, we really need to protect privacy better, but we're still going to preemptively wiretap everyone in case some of them turn out to be criminals.