The UK is rushing through what it calls an emergency law that will ensure it retains access to peoples phone and internet records. The EU Court of Justice struck down an EU directive the Data Retention Directive that required telecoms to store the communications data of EU citizens for a minimum of six months and a maximum of two years. The directive was introduced in 2006, after the London and Madrid bombings, to help fight organised crime and terrorism, but the ECJ ruled that it violated human rights.”]