Wednesday, December 14, 2005

EU parliament vote for data retention

The EU parliament have voted for the data retention directive.

"Results of votes at plenary session on Wednesday 14 December
A list of the reports put to the vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday 14 December. More detailed analyses of votes will soon be available from Parliament's Press Service website

Results of votes on Wednesday 14 December
Data retention
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retention of data processed in connection with the provision of public electronic communication services and amending Directive 2002/58/EC
(A6-0365/2005)
Rapporteur: Alexander Nuno Alvaro (ALDE, DE)
Parliament adopted a package of compromise amendments after agreement had been reached with the Council. The amendments were approved by 387 votes in favour to 204 against with 29. The final resolution was adopted by 378 votes in favour to 197 against with 30 abstentions."

I haven't noticed any of the major news sites picking this up yet.

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