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Lycos Germany to No Longer Store IP Data

Posted by Zonk on from the keeping-big-brother-out dept.

quaker5567 writes "The Register is carrying the story that Lycos Germany says it will no longer store dynamic IP addresses of its customers. According to the German Tele Services Data Protection and Telecommunications Act, ISPs are only allowed to store communications data for accounting purposes. Apparently, there is no requirement for German ISPs to keep a record of IP addresses. A decision by German ISPs not to keep logs on IP addresses would be extremely controversial as the entertainment industry is increasingly demanding that ISPs disclose the names of suspected file sharers."

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  1. How Redundant? by northcat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How's parent redundant? This point is almost never stated on slashdot.