TorrentFreak » voss http://torrentfreak.com Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Fri, 25 May 2012 20:55:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Privacy Prevails: German ISP Forced To Delete IP Logs http://torrentfreak.com/privacy-prevails-german-isp-forced-to-delete-ip-logs/ http://torrentfreak.com/privacy-prevails-german-isp-forced-to-delete-ip-logs/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:00:23 +0000 Ernesto http://torrentfreak.com/privacy-prevails-german-isp-forced-to-delete-ip-logs/ Source: Privacy Prevails: German ISP Forced To Delete IP Logs

]]> t-onlineThe decision (German) 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.

The court ruling is the result of a case that was initiated by Holger Voss, a 33 year old man from Münster. Voss was sued for making a sarcastic comment in an Internet forum back in 2002.

After the district court and the regional court, now the federal appeal court decided that T-Online has no right to store the IP-logs without a legal reason. This ruling can be considered as a huge breakthrough, and it is good to see that at least some countries still value privacy.

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