17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 04:43 PM 8/4/95 +0002, Kari Laine wrote:
Excuse me - what the f**k is this? Does it bear some truth in it or is it just a bad joke? If it is not a joke where to get the damn text - thanks. Sorry for the language but this does sound just the thing I have heard some rumours of and which certainly would result in banning strong crypto.
http://snyside.sunnyside.com/cpsr/privacy/privacy_international/internationa l_laws/ec_data_protection_directive_1995.txt Has the preliminary text. The final won't be up for a while but won't be that different. Also try: http://www.open.gov.uk/dpr/dprhome.htm The UK Data Protection Registrar's home page. They've been trying to control electronically stored records since 1984. DCF