<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1595e193-63db-4cf4-b4b8-d18433e38569/81E93F6E-2B7C-4C75-8A4D-C5826ECC92BD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition" href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition" style="font-size: 11px;">www.itpro.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><DIV id="standFirst">Information retention requirements for ISPs are changing very soon.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><P class="noMarginBottom">By David Neal, <SPAN class="timestamp"> 9 Jan 2009 at 12:11</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itpro.co.uk/img/AD42D465-81E1-470B-8859-9CD6F1D9482E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><P>New rules set to come into force in March will require all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><P>As the day grows closer so the opposition becomes more vocal.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><P>The <A target="_blank" href="http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk">Home Office</A> says that the data - which will not include the content of the emails - will be essential as it tackles high profile crimes like terrorism. But other groups and experts are concerned that it represents the thin end of the privacy wedge. Add to this the government's previous track record in handling personal data, which puts its role as guardian under greater scrutiny.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itpro.co.uk/609487/isp-email-law-changes-meet-stiff-opposition"><P>In December, the UK's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioners Office, raised its concerns in a statement. "It is likely that such a scheme would be a step too far for the British way of life," it said. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/81E93F6E-2B7C-4C75-8A4D-C5826ECC92BD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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