Re: Fed Bill Would Restrict Web Server Logs

* Frank Louwers:

Strange thing is that we have exact the opposite here in Europe. There is a new bill that has been passed that forces us to keep al logs (mail and web) for at least 1 or 2 years.

It's not a bill, it's a EU directive which still has to be implemented in national law. Nothing in the directive requires that operators of non-interactive web sites (the vast majority) retain any data. Only if you identify your users, you might be required to keep some logs. Implementation in national law might change that, especially since the directive is remarkably unclear about the selection criteria used for mapping communication events to individuals.