Hermes Center reports:
On 8 November 2017, the Italian Parliament approved a Regulation on data retention that allows telecommunication operators to save telephone and internet data for up to six years.
The Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD) and EDRi observer member Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights published their statement criticising the lack of scrutiny and meaningful debate about the Regulation prior to its approval. They also stated that the measure is to the detriment of the privacy of citizens, and could have extremely serious consequences for all of us. The two organisations have been voicing concerns since July 2017, when the provision was inserted into a transposition law following a European Council Directive 2014/33/EU on the “safety of lifts”.
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