German Court Rules That Websites Can’t Retain Logged IPs
tmk writes “The local court of the Berlin district of Mitte has barred the Federal Ministry of Justice from logging IP adresses of the visitors of its website. German law prohibits storing personal data for a longer time — if not needed for accounting. German privacy activists have started a campaign Wir speichern nicht, (”we don’t log your data!”) which provides manuals how to turn off the IP logging on your server.”
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Original post by CmdrTaco