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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:24:31PM +0000, William Allen Simpson wrote: > Our ISP was just served a warrant (out of California) demanding our > dialup logs and email backup tapes. So far, the warrant is probably > invalid, as it mis-named the company. And as far as we can tell, we are > not being charged with anything -- or at least we have not been told so. > We only have our usual contracts attorney, and he seems a bit out of his > depth. I think it is unreasonable to demand copies of email, although it is not unreasonable to demand copies of logs. I can't believe you're being served with a warrant with no explanation of why, though. Are you sure it's a *warrant*? Are you sure it's not a subpoena for a court case? -- Steven J. Sobol - Founding Member, Postmaster/Webmaster, ISP Liaison -- Forum for Responsible & Ethical E-mail (FREE) - Dedicated to education about, and prevention of, Unsolicited Broadcast E-mail (UBE), also known as SPAM. Info: http://www.ybecker.net
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