UK govt seeks data retention law after EU verdict

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LONDON (AP) — Concerned after a European court ruled in favor of citizens’ right to privacy, Britain’s prime minister pledged Thursday to rush through emergency measures to force phone and Internet companies to store call and search records for a year.

The European Court of Justice ruled in April that a European Union directive requiring companies to store communications data for up to two years was too broad and a threat to privacy rights.

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