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Actually it's very transparent. They're required to keep that data by law, they're just making it easy for us to see that.
by LatteLazy 5y ago
Actually it's very transparent. They're required to keep that data by law, they're just making it easy for us to see that.
- mikem170 5y agoI was curious about this. I knew that logged data has to be turned over if there is a warrant. I wasn't sure if logging was mandated. I found this article [0] describing the situation in various countries, with the following info for the United States: > Data Retention Period = 1 Year for Internet metadata, email, phone records > Authorization required to access the data = Various United States agencies leverage the (voluntary) data retention practiced by many U.S. commercial organizations like Amazon through programs such as Prism and Muscular. > Status Of Data Retention Regime = No mandatory data retention regime I'm guessing the above means that metdata (user ip and also user web and email destinations) are held for a year, but retaining actual user data (email contents, etc) is not mandated. [0] https://www.privacyend.com/mandatory-data-retention/ https://www.privacyend.com/mandatory-data-retention/