Data Retention Directive

European Union directive on storing telephony communications
Legislation directive_of_the_european_union Q1972218
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Data Retention Directive

Summary

Data Retention Directive is a directive of the European Union[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of directive_of_the_european_union entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Data Retention Directive's instance of is recorded as directive of the European Union[3].
  • Data Retention Directive's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 214778283[4].
  • Data Retention Directive's GND ID is recorded as 7530895-2[5].
  • Data Retention Directive's CELEX number is recorded as 32006L0024[6].
  • Data Retention Directive's publication date is recorded as +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Data Retention Directive's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b1wfc[8].
  • Data Retention Directive's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/2006/24[9].
  • Data Retention Directive's work available at URL is recorded as https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006L0024[10].
  • Data Retention Directive's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as European Union[11].
  • Data Retention Directive's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15\xa0March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC'}[12].
  • Data Retention Directive's NE.se ID is recorded as datalagringsdirektivet[13].
  • Data Retention Directive's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as datalagringsdirektivet[14].

Why It Matters

Data Retention Directive ranks in the top 9% of directive_of_the_european_union entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . EUR-Lex. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . EUR-Lex. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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