The government has no idea how effective the retention of telephone and internet data, primarily. Providers have the data required for a specified period to keep it, but or that far-reaching measure works, is unclear.
State secretary Teeven will not figure out in how many cases the query of phone and internet data, primarily has helped, because that ” afterwards difficult to determine. The minister wants to keep track of how many affairs will not be resolved because the data is not in retrievable form. According to Teeven this happens regularly. “There are cases of murder and manslaughter, where co-defendants after half a year with a statement, and internet data, primarily so no more are available. Or think of a disappearance of a child, that years later is found, then the data of a nearby telefoniemast is not in retrievable form.” This seems to Teeven, implicitly, to argue for an extension of the period in which data providers should be kept.
The Second Chamber held a debate Wednesday on amendments to the Law on litigation Hold Telecomgegevens. The so-called reparatiewet is effective started on 1 september 2009 and provides, among others, a duty for providers to telefoniegegevens 12 months and internet data, primarily six months to keep, where the last term by the reparatiewet was reduced from the original 12 months. Parties in the Second Chamber wanted Teeven of thoughts and ideas about the law, which in the past few years on a lot of criticism came. Also in the performance suspend the necessary, as it turned out recently.
Three years after the introduction of the reparatiewet is evaluated. So that will in september 2012 to happen. Teeven also promised strict to ensure the correct use of the system of withdrawals and to monitor small providers with disproportionately heavy costs stuck by the hold
In the debate were some motions made for a reduction of the time limit for the retention of telecomgegevens from twelve to six months, and even complete elimination of the hold. Will Tuesday be tuned and they can be in support of the opposition parties D66, SP, PvdA, ChristenUnie and GroenLinks count. According to Computerworld, the PVV, however, is not behind the movement, so they probably will not make it.