[privacy] Privacy Prevails: German ISP Forced To Delete IP Logs

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via TorrentFreak (with props to /.)

[snip]

The Supreme court has decided that T-Online, one of the largest ISPs in
Germany has to delete all IP logs to guarantee the privacy of their
customers. This ruling makes it impossible for anti-piracy
organizations to trace an infringing IP-address back to a customer of
T-Online, once their dynamic IP address has changed.

The decision does not mean that T-Online is now obliged to delete all
their IP-logs, the customers first need to complain. But, if they ask
T-Online to delete their IP-logs, the ISP has no other choice than to
comply. A lawyer from Frankfurt already sketched a sample letter to
make this process easier.

[snip]

More:
http://torrentfreak.com/privacy-prevails-german-isp-forced-to-delete-ip-logs/

- ferg


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