Data retention: Amidst pandemic, Norway moots powers for spy agency
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With public attention diverted by the corona crisis, Norway debates a law that would give its military intelligence agency sweeping powers to collect metadata from all cross-border communication․

​​​​​„Urgently needed“: France, Spain push for new EU data retention law
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Despite recent EU court rulings that curb surveillance powers, a few member states push for new data retention legislation․ A document suggests their far-reaching demands could change the Digital Services Act and data protection rules․