Big Brother is watching you...online?

No, this isn't a blog about George Orwell's book 1984, but shades of his fictional tale seem to ring true in a story that has dominated the newspapers today.

'Listening' agency at GCHQ will be able to monitor who you contact
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123512/Facebook-emails-texts-logged-snoopers-charter-Tories-revive-plans-online-surveillance.html#ixzz1qtaxxyzi

This is a story which originates from a piece of EU legislation, 

DIRECTIVE 2006/24/EC

on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending

Directive 2002/58/EC

You can read this directive in full on the following link:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ%3AL%3A2006%3A105%3A0054%3A0063%3AEN%3APDF