Brussels, 18/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 18 April, in an assessment report, the Commission indicated that the 2006 European directive on the retention of data for fighting crime and terrorism would finally be amended. This directive has been challenged by a number of courts in Germany, Romania and more recently in the Czech Republic where the Constitutional Court ruled on 1 April that the retention of a broad range of private data was contrary to the constitution. The commissioner...