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The European Union's Data Retention Directive And The United States's Data Preservation Laws: Finding The Better Model, Kristina Ringland
The European Union's Data Retention Directive And The United States's Data Preservation Laws: Finding The Better Model, Kristina Ringland
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
The European Union’s Data Retention Directive (the “Directive”) seeks to assist law enforcement officials in their efforts to combat terrorism and to standardize disparate laws regarding data retention within the European Union (EU). The Directive requires companies to retain traffic and location data that identifies a subscriber or registered user of a Web site for a period of six to twenty-four months. Implementation of the Directive takes place at the national level and poses many challenges to providers of electronic communication services. There is no analogous United States federal law mandating data retention. The United States, however, has a data …
Standardization In The European Information And Technology Sector: Official Procedures On The Verge Of Being Overhauled, Patrick Van Eecke, Maarten Truyens
Standardization In The European Information And Technology Sector: Official Procedures On The Verge Of Being Overhauled, Patrick Van Eecke, Maarten Truyens
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
As the European Commission pushes for a reform of traditional procedures in the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector, the standardization process is intensely debated on the European Union level. This Article provides a concise overview of the past and future European Union policies on ICT standardization and the issues such policies raise.