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Just to drum the point about American influence home a little, here's an excerpt from an article in today's Irish Times:
Department to store data on citizens for four years
Detailed personal data on every Irish citizen's phone and mobile calls, faxes, and e-mail and Internet usage will be retained for up to four years under a new Department of Justice Bill, writes Karlin Lillington
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Mr Brown [director of British policy for the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR)] said Britain and the Republic have been under pressure from American surveillance agencies such as the CIA and FBI to loosen protections on data privacy.
Department to store data on citizens for four years
Detailed personal data on every Irish citizen's phone and mobile calls, faxes, and e-mail and Internet usage will be retained for up to four years under a new Department of Justice Bill, writes Karlin Lillington
[...]
Mr Brown [director of British policy for the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR)] said Britain and the Republic have been under pressure from American surveillance agencies such as the CIA and FBI to loosen protections on data privacy.