On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 07:44:00PM -0800, Horst wrote: > > > Ben, you put together some interesting thoughts and links (I just >finished the motherjones article and had to resist the temptation of >quoting about half of it right here. > Instead, let's get concrete and ask the best ISP in town (EFN) a few >questions: > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for EFN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > - Have your records, logs, etc. ever been subpoenaed ? >
On two occasions that i recall, we have been presented with court orders requesting information about members ; one was a search warrant served by a sherriff's deputy, and one was a subpoena duces tecum. We have had several other threats/demands that never resulted in delivered paperwork. > - Are you legally able, and willing to comment on such issues ? > (I understand, that's pretty generally phrased (I am not a lawyer) -maybe >EFN has some general policy on the subject that is public ? ) > Our general policy is that we will comply with valid court orders, and will not reveal private information without one. > - For how long are dialup logs kept (the userID-dynIP-timestamp >connection) ? > About 90 days, unless we need to cycle the logs sooner. Some will also appear in the backup tapes for a further 90 days. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ end for EFN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
