Terrorism no excuse for privacy breaches, says EU regulator

No need to change laws
Terrorism and organised crime should not be used as excuses for passing laws which undermine people's privacy and data protection rights, according to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Existing laws do not need changed, he said.
In an update on data protection in Europe, EDPS Peter Hustinx said that security concerns were not an adequate reason to undermine data protection principles.

Wow, common sense coming from the EU, who would have thought?
Of course, it is unikely that Tony Blair will take any notice of this, as it gets in the way of his plans to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!! Ahem, er no, get in the way of his plan to snoop into every private conversation held by E-mail.