I therefore sincerely hope that what I have to say in the following will be taken into serious consideration not only in the coming discussions in such an EU-forum but also when Community law is elaborated and implemented. I also hope that the explanations and examples I give will show that there are many aspects on integrity and privacy issues and that the right to security and protection from crimes committed using technological means is as much part of the individual s legal rights as the right to privacy. I will now become slightly more technical in my approach, and as I said previously I hope it will show the importance of access to traffic data not only for the success of criminal investigations but also to protect individuals from crimes committed using technological means. Data on Internet traffic includes different types of information which may vary depending on the kind of Internet service used. Usually all Internet connections have an IP address attached to the message.
Addresses are either static or dynamic.
Other traffic data on Internet sessions include the time, time zone, Internet subscription and log-in. Some data only appear if e-mail or navigation software is used. When a message is sent on a telecommunications network via a modem connection, it is given a dynamic IP address if there are not enough IP addresses available at the time. An IP address may thus be used several times and may be attributed to different messages. Consequently, to check the origins of an Internet message several types of traffic data must be processed.