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"Plans being drawn up by Europol, the police and intelligence arm of the 
European Union, propose that telephone and internet firms retain millions 
of pieces of data--including details of visits to Internet chat rooms, and 
of calls made on mobile phones and text messages.

...

Companies that run Internet sites will be required to retain passwords 
used by individuals, record which website addresses are visited, and keep 
details of webpages looked at and any credit card or bank details used for 
subscriptions.

The information retained about emails will include who sent the message, 
where the email went, its contents and the time and date it was sent.

It is believed that Britain will push for the data to be kept for up to 
five years."