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Federal Government Takes a New Start with Controversial Ip Address Storage
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Providers of Internet access services will in future be required by law in Germany to store all IP addresses assigned by them for three months. The planned amendment of the law, which the cabinet of the government coalition of Christian and Social Democrats decided on Wednesday, is intended to make it easier to identify criminals and terrorist suspects. Access to the stored IP addresses is allowed by the law enforcement authorities in hindsight …
After years of dispute over data retention, the government is presenting a new compromise: investigators should be able to track digital traces more easily in the future, while at the same time restricting data storage.
In order to better prosecute crimes committed via the Internet, the Federal Government is taking a new approach to storing IP addresses that have been controversial for years. On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet decided on a draft law to oblige Internet providers to store device addresses of their customers for three months. Investigators should thus be given better opportunities to clarify crimes committed via the Internet such as the spread of c…
saarbruecker-zeitung.de
HandelsblattChild Abuse, Online Fraud, Terror: Investigators hope for more information through a new storage obligation. For three months, telecommunications providers should keep all IP addresses.
Berliner Morgenpost
In addition to IP storage, it needs a fresh start for voluntary chat control, says the Federal Managing Director of the Richterbund.
With the planned storage obligation for IP addresses, the government wants to facilitate investigations. Critics doubt whether the law is valid in court.
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