MEPs call for search engines to store web search histories for two years

[gmb45]

Search engines such as Google could be forced to store details of web searches for up to two years after the plan was backed by more than 300 European MEPs.
The proposals have been criticised by civil liberties groups
It is designed to help authorities develop an "early warning system" against paedophiles and sex offenders using the internet.
The proposals have been criticised by civil liberties groups who object to what would amount to a significant increase in the monitoring of online activity.
At present 324 MEPs have backed Written Declaration 29, which would extend existing legislation which obliges internet service providers to keep basic search data for up to two years.
The declaration will be examined by the European Commission if it wins the backing of 369 MEPs, but it will be under no obligation to make it law.
Privacy International, the civil liberties group, told The Independent: "While we support initiatives that are carefully and sensitively designed on the basis of a lawful and rational foundation, this proposal appears to us to be a both illegal and counter-productive.
"It is not acceptable or appropriate to dissolve the fundamental right to privacy on the basis of an utterly incoherent argument that it will protect our children - when clearly it will ultimately fail to meet such a mandate.
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MEPs call for search engines to store web search histories for two years - Telegraph

[nialler]

I would have to sya this is a big load of b00!!ox.
anyone can go into an internet cafe and use an ip address they don't own. it will be another way of tracking all and sundry. the "paedophile" card will be used to try and get the public on board.
thanks for the post gmb

[barrowmanandrew]

total ~~~~in nonsense.
how much resource would be tied up storing countless searches that no one would look at?????
then you would get hackers programming computers to make random searches 24 hrs a day just to ~~~~ things up.

[Meat-Head]

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then you would get hackers programming computers to make random searches 24 hrs a day just to ~~~~ things up.

What an awesome idea

Do you realsie what 'weird' stuff i look for.
Ok some guy looks for a 'sideward facing foo foo valve' 18months ago, so what.

[laldog]

When i read this oddly enough Meat Head sprang to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
Also there are programmes out there that can hide your IP.

[barrowmanandrew]

What an awesome idea

Do you realsie what 'weird' stuff i look for.
Ok some guy looks for a 'sideward facing foo foo valve' 18months ago, so what.

, this is the thing.
as soon as these egg-heads dream up there idea's
coonts like us us immediatley think of ways to thwart them, .

[Meat-Head]

When i read this oddly enough Meat Head sprang to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
Also there are programmes out there that can hide your IP.

1) Really, why?
2) 'backtrack4'

[Meat-Head]

BUMMMMPP

Was anything come of this?

[GastonJ]

The UK government is going to do it for them anyway. Usual excuse, terrorism. No wonder they want rid of the European Human Rights Act so they can do as they wish *shrug*

[Meat-Head]

Err gaston this thread is like 5 years old

[GastonJ]

MEP's killed it off, form memory. Was you who bought it back to life.