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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Fed Bill Would Restrict Web Server Logs
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:33:19AM -0500, David G. Andersen wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:47:50AM -0500, Jon R. Kibler scribed: > > > > > > http://www.politechbot.com/docs/markey.data.deletion.bill.020806.pdf > > > > > > to delete information about visitors, including e-mail addresses, if the > > > data is no longer required for a "legitimate" business purpose. > > > > > > Original posting from Declan McCullagh's PoliTech mailing list. Thought > > NANOGers would be interested since, if this bill passes, it would impact > > almost all of us. Just imagine the impact on security of not being able > > to login IP address and referring page of all web server connections! > > Call me weird, but I fail to see where the scary teeth lie in such > a bill. First of all, it's phrased very abstractly and would hopefully > have its language clarified by the time it escapes a committee. Second, > the bill is fairly clear about the meaning of personal information, and > it doesn't include things like IP addresses in its examples; the latter > would be a matter for a court to decide, and it's not clear cut at all: Strange thing is that we have exact the opposite here in Europe. There is a new bill that has been passed that forces us to keep al logs (mail and web) for at least 1 or 2 years. Vriendelijke groeten, Frank Louwers -- Openminds bvba www.openminds.be Tweebruggenstraat 16 - 9000 Gent - Belgium
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