Improved Telecom Package Passed by EuroParl

or “how did we do Batting Against Three Strikes through the Back Door?”

In the latest EDRI-gram, there’s a report on the telecoms package EuroParl vote which is mostly positive. Thankfully both the Harbour and Trautmann reports were amended in vital ways to protect user privacy.

So, just to tie up my last loose end from my last report: Neil Parish MEP never did bring any replies from Malcolm Harbour back to me. Conservative MEPs, eh? At least they make the right noises on privacy and freedom now, even if the actions are still old-fashioned and confusingly unconvincing.