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The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 No. 859

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Communications data to which these Regulations apply

  5. 4.Obligation to retain communications data

  6. 5.The retention period

  7. 6.Data protection and data security

  8. 7.Access to retained data

  9. 8.Storage requirements for retained data

  10. 9.Statistics

  11. 10.Data retained by another communications provider

  12. 11.Reimbursement of expenses of compliance

  13. 12.Revocation

  14. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      COMMUNICATIONS DATA TO BE RETAINED

      1. PART 1 FIXED NETWORK TELEPHONY

        1. 1.Data necessary to trace and identify the source of a communication

        2. 2.Data necessary to identify the destination of a communication

        3. 3.Data necessary to identify the date, time and duration of a communication

        4. 4.Data necessary to identify the type of communication

      2. PART 2 MOBILE TELEPHONY

        1. 5.Data necessary to trace and identify the source of a communication

        2. 6.Data necessary to identify the destination of a communication

        3. 7.Data necessary to identify the date, time and duration of a communication

        4. 8.Data necessary to identify the type of communication

        5. 9.Data necessary to identify users’ communication equipment (or what purports to be their equipment)

        6. 10.Data necessary to identify the location of mobile communication equipment

      3. PART 3 INTERNET ACCESS, INTERNET E-MAIL OR INTERNET TELEPHONY

        1. 11.Data necessary to trace and identify the source of a communication

        2. 12.Data necessary to identify the destination of a communication

        3. 13.Data necessary to identify the date, time and duration of a communication

        4. 14.Data necessary to identify the type of communication

        5. 15.Data necessary to identify users’ communication equipment (or what purports to be their equipment)

  15. Explanatory Note

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