# EU law enforcement data retention debates should account for changes in the US government

DevFeed: [EU law enforcement data retention debates should account for changes in the US government](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hello-europe-joe-biden-is-gone-36425.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/hello-europe-joe-biden-is-gone/>)

Published: 2025-11-28T16:30:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on a Microsoft-organized conference about EU law enforcement policies, e-evidence, and telecommunications data retention. They argue that discussions should account for political changes in the United States and clarify that data retention could involve extensive location databases.

## Source excerpt

Last Friday I attended a useful conference organized by Microsoft. It lived up very well to its title: "Justice, Security and Fundamental Rights: Dialogue on EU Law Enforcement Policies" Many thanks are due to various proofreaders who improved this article tremendously. From the original invitation tl;dr: European thinkers and policy makers are acting and talking as if the US federal government and courts are still "normal", or will soon be so again.