Latvia approves the Big Brother project.

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The EU requirement to keep phone calls, SMS and e-mail in Latvia caused an ambiguous assessment. The telegraph decided to find out how the official representatives of our state and practice who had worked in law enforcement bodies for more than a dozen years reacted to this requirement. As expected, the estimates were diametrically opposed.

The content of the conversations is not interesting

According to the EU directive finally adopted in December 2005, telecom operators will be required to store information on telephone calls, SMS and electronic messages from all their customers for a period of six months to two years.

At the same time, each country will decide for itself in which cases to use this data, as well as which structure should ensure that spyware is used correctly. Access to the entire database is also prohibited, each case will be considered separately. Finally, after the specified storage period of information expires, it must be destroyed.

In Latvia, the Ministry of Justice is responsible for the control of our main intelligence agency - the Satversme Protection Bureau. Therefore, the Telegraph asked the head of the Ministry of Justice, Solvit Aboltin, to express his attitude to the scandalous demand of the EU.

“This is one of the important documents adopted by the Council of Ministers of Justice and the Interior of the European Union during the presidency of the United Kingdom,” said Aboltin. “It was born in a complex and lengthy debate, and therefore a compromise was adopted. I especially want to note that the draft directive It says that it is necessary to save data on the addressee, place and time of phone calls, electronic messages and SMS, but not their content in any way.The directive obliges operators to save data that was formed during the processing of information.

There is also a condition for storing information about "missed calls", but provided that it is technically available to the mobile and electronic communications operator. The directive does not define a cost recovery model for operators: each country must determine it independently. "We work closely with industry representatives, and this issue should be resolved in the course of implementing the directive."

Total surveillance from the past

According to the Minister of Justice, it is necessary to implement the EU spy directive within 18 months from the date of its approval. However, countries have the right to postpone its introduction for 18 months. “When asked if this directive will help achieve its ultimate goal, I say yes,” Aboltina says. “We need to learn how to use modern technology to fight crime. Maybe we should not concentrate on developing special technologies and creating new information "We need to use the existing opportunities, because today both private security companies and law enforcement agencies have accumulated enough information."

However, the ex-minister of internal affairs, an operative with experience, and now lawyer Aloiz Vaznis, has a completely different opinion about the initiative of the European intelligence services: "I believe that this is an unreasonable invasion of privacy. If the intelligence agencies have a suspicion of a person, then they they must get permission in court to organize wiretapping. But collecting information on everyone and everything is a bust. At the same time I have a question, how will it be sifted and qualified? But even if this problem is solved, then the amount of information is just gigantic And finally, does our police need a report on all calls made by residents of Latvia? And, of course, the main question: who will pay for all this? I'm afraid that the costs will fall on our shoulders. And in general, this is a very bad trend - establishing "surveillance, which personally reminds me of recent times, when we were all under the hood of the special services."

WHAT DATA TO BE STORED:

Prepaid cards

- Activation time and phone number

Landline phones

- Caller number, name and address

- The number of the recipient of the call, his name and address

- Time to start and end a conversation

Cell phones

- Same as for landline phones

- SIM card number

- The location (region) of the caller at the time of the call and during it

Internet, e-mail

- computer IP address

- Phone number connected to the computer

- Username and address

- Time to enter and exit the Network

REFERENCE:

European human rights organizations unanimously oppose this directive. They believe that any storage of personal data is a violation of the principle of privacy, which is guaranteed by both the constitutions of almost all countries of the world and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Professionals have also criticized the directive. So, in the European Confederation of Police, they indicate that even with the help of the most modern technologies, finding the right phone number in such a huge database can take several years. In addition, there are simple ways to avoid identification. In particular, you can buy a phone card abroad or change it often. Telecommunications operators, in turn, are most unhappy with the "loss of trust on the part of customers" and the huge costs that they will incur.
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[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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