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ISPs in Argentina Must Log Everything

Posted by timothy on from the oh-that-sounds-totally-practical dept.

hjf writes "According to a new presidential decree, and effective July 31, 2005, telecom carriers in Argentina will have to log every activity, including Internet chats, website visits, e-mails, phone calls, etc, made in Argentina. The data must be stored for 10 years, and must be available to the police and intelligence agencies within one hour, 24 hours a day. The telecom companies must pay for 'everything': software, hardware, and human resources, and will be required to use state-of-the-art technology as soon as it is available. This news was known already in specialized circles, but only yesterday it was published in major media. This is causing outrage among legislators and businessmen. Lawyers claim that it violates privacy laws and Constitutional rights (article 14), and the 'presumptive innocence principle' (innocent until proven guilty)." (The Fish comes in handy yet again.)

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  1. Re:In other news... by hjf · · Score: 1, Informative

    Local phone calls in Argentina are about USD 0,50 an hour (during the day) and USD 0,10 (night time). We have a "discount" line, the 0610 for internet calls (only HUGE ISPs can offer this service, not smaller ones, or "free ISPs"), and it supposedly cuts the phone prices for 1/2 to 1/3 of a regular call.

  2. Re:Beat the system... by notfancy · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can't tunnel, 'cos the ISP can't allow you to. From Par. (e): "ISPs shall not, under any circumstances, incorporate networking architecture, technology or equipment that would limit remote interception of communications as disposed by legally established procedures. They shall not incorporate services that would hinder, limit or diminish, in any way, the retrieval of the interception, and any and all information as consigned herewith."

    It's wide and far-reaching because it's absolutely ill-conceived, with no regards to what's actually possible, and more imortant, what's already not possible at all, given the "technological means" already in widespread use.

    I'm sick, I can't read anymore.

  3. Re:....different....? by dougmc · · Score: 2, Informative
    I thought we already logged everything and kept it for longer than ten years?
    I can't speak for the rest of North America, but in the US companies generally don't have to log Internet traffic. In fact, many specifically have policies to delete old logs on a set schedule specifically so that they don't have the data in case Uncle Sam asks for it. And it's legal.

    It's not just Internet related data either. Companies shred internal memos and tax records and the like after a predetermined amount of time as well, for the same reasons.

  4. Re:Mr Bullet, Meet Mr Foot by Cerv · · Score: 2, Informative
    As I recall, the British proposed some similarly silly rule requiring ISPs to "log everything" about 5 years ago.
    I haven't heard of it since, so I presume the proposal died a whimpering quiet death unclaimed by anyone.

    Unfortunatly The Resolution of Invesigatory Powers Act 2000 was actually passed. I hate this country sometimes. As far as I know the "log everything" part has never been implemented. For "technical reasons", i.e. it's fucking ridiculous. I can't find any mention of it more recent than this article

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