Eu Reading you Emails

The Eu are going to bring in the EU agress to logging of phone call data

Under the plans, telecom operators and internet service providers would have to store information about phone calls, e-mails and text messages for up to a year. The data would cover the time and duration of the contact and the numbers used, but not the actual conversations or messages.

Is this a invasion of privacy or a vital step in the fight against terrorism. Feel free to add your opinions. (if anyone actually reads this :) Also with the French now having border controls is europe running scared after the london bombings.