<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ro&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcsi.ro%2FMinister%2FComunicate-de-presa%2FMCSI-lanseaza-spre-consultare-publica-proiectul-de">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ro&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcsi.ro%2FMinister%2FComunicate-de-presa%2FMCSI-lanseaza-spre-consultare-publica-proiectul-de</a> <br></div><div>..or any other language, change language in Google translate<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2;
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June 23, 2011.</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Ministry of Communications and Information (MCIS) is launching for public consultation<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">'re keeping Bill on data generated or processed by providers of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">".</b></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Draft law aims to regulate the obligation of national service providers and public electronic communications networks to retain certain data generated or processed in their work of providing electronic communications services, making them available to competent authorities
for use in research, discovery and prosecution of serious crimes.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Given the importance of traffic and location data for the investigation, detection and prosecution of crimes, as demonstrated by research and practical experience of several Member States, in Europe felt the need to ensure that data generated or processed in the providing communications services are retained for a certain period, the providers of publicly available electronic communications or public communications networks.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;
padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Consequently, on 15 March 2006 was adopted Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data generated or processed in the course of providing publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58 / EC.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Directive 2006/24/EC requires that providers of publicly available electronic communications or public communications networks to ensure the creation of databases for storage, for a period of time between 6 and
24 months, subject the Directive and the transposition deadline was 15 September 2007.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Romania's Parliament adopted on 18 November 2008 Law.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">298 on the retention of data generated or processed by providers of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Law no.</span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">506/2004 regarding personal data and privacy in electronic communications sector.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Subsequently, on 8 October 2009, the Romanian Constitutional Court found, by decision no.</span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">1258, that the provisions of Law
no.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">298/2008 are unconstitutional, the law is repealed.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Promote this legislation aims on the one hand the implementation of Directive 2006/24/EC, and compliance with the decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania no.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">1258 of 8 October 2009.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Given the importance of the normative act, MCSI will hold public consultations with civil society representatives, businesses and institutions responsible.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;
padding-left: 0px; ">For more information on the bill please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " color="#800080"><a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=ro&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.mcsi.ro/Transparenta-decizionala&usg=ALkJrhheCzT_xOf-zk65sxPZcXTsfc9bAQ" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(7, 81, 154); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.mcsi.ro/Transparenta-decizionala</a></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;
padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Observations and proposals may be submitted within 30 days, the Legal and Human Resources Directorate at the following e-mail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lucian.banu@mcsi.ro" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(7, 81, 154); text-decoration: none; ">lucian.banu @ mcsi.ro</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:virginia.misu@mcsi.ro" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(7,
81, 154); text-decoration: none; ">virginia.misu @ mcsi.ro</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>.</span></div></div><div class="content-press-author" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Department of Public Information and Media Relations of the Ministry of Communications and Information <br><br></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eduard Tric <eduard.tric@isoc.ro><br><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>; Frederic Donck <donck@isoc.org>; Christopher Wilkinson <cw@christopherwilkinson.eu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:50 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Chapter-delegates] Isoc , Eu Directive on data retention and Romanian Law request for comments<br></font><br>
<div id="yiv2135560089"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>As you probably know , the Romanian Constitutional Court has declared in 2009 Unconstitional the Romanian transposition of the Eu Directive on Data retention (romanian law 298/2008). As a reminder , this directive asked to retain for 6 months (expenses paid by the operators ) any telecommunication data, including and not limited also to internet data.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Now the romanian government decided to have a more open approach , and are asking for input from civil society. We have 2-3 weeks to make an answer that is compliant to the Directive AND to the Constitutional court decision.</div><div><br></div><div>We would be happy to take on our side input from other chapters, Isoc ECC, Isoc HQ and European Bureau.<br></div><div><br></div><div>. As it is unlikey that in Romania other
organisations
will respond , we see this as an opportunity for ISOC , especially in preparation for the Inet in Bucharest but also to mark a point and help to change this unuseful directive into a more citzien-oriented one. It's gonna be our first public policy-making position, so we want to be as accurate as possible.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Eduard Tric</div><div><br></div><div>References :</div><div>http://www.mcsi.ro/Transparenta-decizionala</div><div>http://www.mcsi.ro/Transparenta-decizionala/24/ProiectRetinereaDatelor</div><div>http://www.mcsi.ro/Transparenta-decizionala/24/ExpunereMotive</div><div>Eu Directive <span class="yiv2135560089tpa1"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2006/24/CE with modification on </span></span><span class="yiv2135560089tpa1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">2002/58/CE http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0024:EN:HTML <br></span></span></div><div>romanian law 298/2008
http://www.legi-internet.ro/legislatie-itc/date-cu-caracter-personal/legea-2982008-privind-pastrarea-datelor-de-trafic-informational.html <br></div><div><br></div><div>Eu commision letter from 16-th of June 2011 reminding the necessity of transponding the directive <span class="yiv2135560089tpa1"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2006/24/CE </span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Chapter-delegates mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" href="mailto:Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a><br><a href="https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates" target="_blank">https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates</a><br><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>