>From comp.risks, 21.43:
> Civil liberties publication Statewatch claims to have obtained leaked
> documents from the Council of the European Union (the 15 EU governments),
> which recommend the long-term retention of "every phone call, every mobile
> phone call, every fax, every e-mail, every website's contents, all
internet
> usage, from anywhere, by everyone, to be recorded, archived and be
> accessible for at least seven years."
See http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.43.html#subj5 for the risks article, and http://www.statewatch.org/news/2001/may/03Benfopol.htm for a complete treatment. -- Curtiss