EU prepares broader data retention framework impacting VPNs and OTT services.
https://www.technadu.com/eu-data-retention-expansion-targets-vpn-and-online-services/615846/
• Metadata logging under discussion
• No-log VPN legality at risk
• Impact assessment due early 2026
• Legislative proposal expected mid-2026
“EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps … Officials insist they do not intend to compromise encryption or read private messages. What they want is the so-called metadata: who contacted whom, from where, at what time, and through which service.” – https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-revives-plan-for-year-long-data-retention (via @fkamiah17)
“As NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker has said, ‘metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.’ When I quoted Baker at a recent debate at Johns Hopkins University, my opponent, General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, called Baker’s comment ‘absolutely correct,’ and raised him one, asserting, ‘We kill people based on metadata.’” – https://cyber-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/We-Kill-People-Based-on-Metadata.pdf
#dataRetention #surveillance #governmentSurveillance #EU #metadata #EuropeanCouncil #BigBrother
My article on the #dataretention wish list by member states, including find-my-citizen necessity, #OTT and #eevidence published by @heise.de@bsky.brid.gy yesterday has been translated into English.
www.heise.de/en/news/Data...
Data Retention: Commission to ...
The EU culture you are actually establishing:
- Mass surveillance ( #ChatControl, #dataretention, #omnibus )
- Threatening the access to free information, communication and journalism ( #ChatControl again)
- Society of digital control in the interest of big tech corporations and authoritarian institutions (#digitalidentity, #europol)
- Drowing people in the mediterranean and letting them suffer and die at EU borders (#Frontex)
- Reckless Militarism, authoritarianism, neonationalism and neoliberalism, normalisation of corruption and lobbyism in and by your postdemocratic institution.
Nope, that's definitely no culture or vision worth to fight for. Quite the opposite actually.
@daedalus
And it sounds like it’s not getting any better… with organisations which overcollect but can’t secure data continuing to do the same… That’s depressing. But as you say, if there are no consequences why bother to improve? 😐
In the meantime, the most secure data is that which is not collected. I know it’s preaching to the converted, but for orgs: if you don’t need it, don’t collect it; or don’t continue to hold it. 😐
#reconnectingConsequencesToCauses #dataBreach #surveillance #dataCollection #dataRetention
New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@andre_meister is an investigative journalist for @netzpolitik_feed focusing on #encryption, #dataretention & #statesurveillance in Europe.
He is also a founding member of @digiges and @Freiheitsrechte.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
Den franske 🇫🇷 regering har pålagt internet-udbydere og mobil-operatører at gemme forbindelses- og lokaliserings-data i mindst 1 år
Regeringen begrundede udvidelsen af de normale krav til internetlogning med en trussel mod den nationale sikkerhed. Regeringen indførte undtagelses-tilstand efter flere dages gade-protester #dataretention
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000052396496 (🇫🇷 )
Meta restricts attribution windows and data retention in Ads Insights API: Meta announces significant limitations to attribution windows and historical data retention for Ads Insights API starting January 12, 2026. https://ppc.land/meta-restricts-attribution-windows-and-data-retention-in-ads-insights-api/ #Meta #AdsInsights #DigitalMarketing #Attribution #DataRetention
📣 Excited to speak at DevDay.be 2025 in my hometown Mons 🇧🇪 on November 13!
🎤 "The Art of Data Retention in PostgreSQL" will show why developers should care about data retention and how it impacts performance, maintenance, and scalability over time.
:postgresql: I'll be sharing DBA-tested techniques like declarative partitioning, Foreign Data Wrappers, and more.
💙 Looking forward to meeting many new faces there!
🔗 https://www.devday.be
Mashable: Judge lifts order requiring OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT logs. “A small but significant victory for OpenAI: the court order requiring the company to preserve all of its ChatGPT data indefinitely has been lifted.”
💾 Assessing the Impact of #DataRetention Rules: CCIA Europe calls for a unified framework to tackle disproportionate #compliance burdens, especially for #CrossBorder service providers. 🚧
📄 Read our response to the @EU_Commission consultation: https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-europes-response-to-the-eu-commissions-consultation-on-data-retention/
hoxe venres 12 até as 00:00: fin do prazo para respostar a enquisa da Comisión Europea para NON aumentar o tempo de retención dos nosos metadatos:
respostas para non caer nas trampas: https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/
enquisa: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Data-retention-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-impact-assessment/public-consultation_en
Mass surveillance is not a solution that can exist with the existing EU privacy laws. It opens up potential for abuse and for data leaks that can cause far more damage not only to individuals, but society in general. I have always seen the EU as strongly consumer friendly, and have applauded the GDPR and antitrust positions over the past few years. A new proposal from the EC would gravely undermine all that.
There is a public consultation open until midnight on 12 SEP seeking commentary on this that I recommend you take.
There is an answering guide from the EDRi that helps put the questions into context.
‼️ ENDSPURT – bisher 4367 Stimmen – weniger als 12 Std. Zeit ‼️
👉 Hab die Fragen der EU-Kommission zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung / #Chatkontrolle beantwortet. ✅
👉 Dauert ca. 10 Minuten (mit Registrierung im EU-Portal, womit dies gleich mit erledigt ist). ✅ ✅
Siehe ⬇️ "Copy & Paste" von @echo_pbreyer ⬇️
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🇩🇪Stoppt die #Vorratsdatenspeicherung 2.0! ⚠️ Die EU plant radikale Massenüberwachung.
Deine Stimme zählt: 📣 Nimm bis zum 12.9. an der EU-Anhörung teil.
Mit unserem Cheatsheet verteidigst du in 5 Minuten deine Grundrechte: 🛡️
https://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/804/79/lang,de/
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🇬🇧 Stop #DataRetention 2.0! ⚠️ The EU is planning radical mass surveillance.
Your voice matters: 📣 Participate in the EU consultation by Sep 12.
Defend your fundamental rights in 5 mins with EDRi's cheatsheet: 🛡️
You can participate until tomorrow in a public consultation by the European Commission on their future plans for EU #DataRetention. @edri published a guide on how to find and navigate the consultation:
https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/
We have invited Chloé Berthélémy @chlobemy from @edri to talk about #DataRetention in the EU.
„The EU Data Retention Zombie - What is the EU cooking up?“
This is a great presentation, covering from the basic question of what data retention is about to the current state of affairs and what to expect from the European Commission next year. Find and share the recording on our #PeerTube:
https://fair.tube/w/4QCyVXns5fpUUqhkQRnu3b?start=2m25s
#npa149
This is a good time to wise-up on #DataRetention as the European Commission is asking for your opinion right now. They would like to propose mandatory data retention across the EU, so please take a few minutes to tell them 'no' in the official consultation.
You can find a guide for how to find and navigate the consultation in the blog of @edri:
https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/
Or if you speak German, you can also use our guide at @digiges:
https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2025/08/sagt-nein-zur-vorratsdatenspeicherung/
Deadline tomorrow (12 Sept.) midnight.
Listen to @chlobemy from @edri explain #DataRetention and what is happening in the EU now:
„Metadata is as sensitive as the content of communications. There is this wrong idea – especially in the mind of policy-makers when we meet them – that metadata, so the data about the communications, is less sensitive than content data. This is this myth that we have to bust every time when we talk about this topic.“
https://fair.tube/w/4QCyVXns5fpUUqhkQRnu3b?start=2m25s
#npa149 #privacy #surveillance
Not sure what #DataRetention is all about or you want an update on the current state of affairs?
Check this recent talk by @chlobemy from @edri:
„The EU Data Retention Zombie - What is the EU cooking up?“
https://fair.tube/w/4QCyVXns5fpUUqhkQRnu3b?start=2m25s
The deadline to participate in the European Commission's consultation on #DataRetention is coming up. Have you participated yet?
It is important to have your say now and to reject the plans to store metadata of all people in the EU without cause.
If you have not participated yet: this guide by @edri can help you to find and navigate the consultation!
