"The British Government has been named Villain of the Year by a group of the world's largest internet companies after pushing through laws across Europe that will force firms to store more information on their customers' web and telephone use," reports The Times Online.
"At an awards ceremony in London last night, the Internet Service Provider Association said the Government had used its presidency of the European Union in 2005 to push through EU-wide data retention laws that will force ISPs and telecoms companies 'to retain more data for longer without proper impact assessment'."
