German Court Rules That Websites Can't Retain Logged IPs

tmk writes "The local court of the Berlin district of Mitte has barred the Federal Ministry of Justice from logging IP adresses of the visitors of its website. German law prohibits storing personal data for a longer time — if not needed for accounting. German privacy activists have started a campaign Wir speichern nicht, ("we don't log your data!") which provides manuals how to turn off the IP logging on your server."

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Re:Idiocy

[speaker of the truth]

One of my rules in my home is that I can forcibly rape you. My home == my rules. The government is abusing its power by arresting me, the person knew the rules when they entered my home, not my fault they were underage or changed their mind.

Re:Idiocy

[Daimanta]

Would it be a case of Godwin's law to ask Daimanta if he agrees with Germany's use of this principle in certain other instances? That's not a helpfull question. It doesn't matter if I like the laws of a certain country. The fact is, a country can and has the power to impose the laws they deem neccesairy or just. My opinion on those laws are a matter debate, but they do not add any value. There are a ton of laws I don't agree with, but most countries simply have the power to make them and enforce them.

Same with Nazi Germany. I may not agree with their policy towards certain groups of people, but they were executed regardlessly(the fact that I wasn't born yet probably has something to do with it ;) ).