21/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Data retention: Germany believes it has support of Viviane Reding. German Secretary of State for Justice Max Stadler (FDP) said on Friday 21 January that he had the backing of Commissioner Viviane Reding on the Bill transposing the date retention directive, which provides for a “quick freeze” approach, that is to say, retention of data for a very short period of time and only when there are serious grounds for suspicion. The Bill, however, is not to the...