digital8
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 Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: German ISP told to cough up customer's details |
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As a result of a ruling by the District Court in Stuttgart, German Internet service providers may be forced to provide customer data to law enforcement agencies without a court order. Telecommunications company T-Online, the German subsidiary of T-Mobile, was asked to give police details of an unknown customer suspected of trading pornography, when all police had was an IP address. When T-Mobile refused, arguing that a court order was mandatory under the German Telecommunications Act, the court ruled that there was sufficient reason to believe that the person using the IP address was responsible for the distribution of pornography. It is unclear what the ramifications of the ruling will be, as court decisions on the subject have been mixed.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/0...man_isp_ruling/ |
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