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[Skywatch]

Hi all,

Another thing, am I the only one who thinks that it is odd that there are 
no rules governing the retention of this data. Namely

1. It can be kept in any form (printed, data, optical etc.....) What if the 
HDD the logged data was on was to fail just as plod asked for it? Would 
there be cause for action since as I see it only one copy needs to be kept

2. Why are there no requirements for it to be encrypted? Hackers could have 
a field day on this one (as could the press getting the who/when activity 
details from government ministers, royality, businessmen, Euan Blair..... 
etc.....) They could use whatever financial muscle they have to obtain this 
from a disgruntled ISP employee - or even plant their own people in there!

2a If it were to be encrypted, is there anything that says you have to 
decrypt it before (or after) handing it over? (IE here's the data, it's 
encrypted, good luck!)

3.What about holding companies? If I own an ISP but sub out the net side to 
another sub-company in my group that allows public access, leaving me to do 
marketing and billing. What happens if that sub-company ceases to be and I 
set up a new 'Net access' sub-company. Is there a case for the logs to be 
held by the holding company of any trading sub-companies?
Seems like you could (with a lot of effort) get around this by changing 
names and/or moving the physical access site - Hmmm I don';t know if that 
reads how I meant it to, we'll see !!

Skywatch



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