EU governments approved a plan to strengthen draft rules, which would allow law enforcement to obtain electronic evidence stored in another EU country directly from tech companies such as Facebook and Google. France, Spain, Ireland and Belgium backed the draft plan, while Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Greece all abstained. (Reuters)
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EU governments approved a plan to strengthen draft rules, which would allow law enforcement to obtain electronic evidence stored in another EU country directly from tech companies such as Facebook and Google. France, Spain, Ireland and Belgium backed the draft plan, while Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Greece all abstained. (Reuters)
Talking point: The draft legislation was established by the European Commission in April and includes a 10-day deadline for companies to respond to requests from authorities, or six hours in emergency cases. If companies do not comply with the order, they could face fines of up to two per cent of their global turnover. In addition to the obvious tech giants, the proposals includes telecom service providers, e-commerce and other internet service providers.
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