n an October 18 statement signed by groups around the world, critics said logs based on such archived data had been used to track dissidents and persecute minorities. We urge you not to establish this requirement in a modern communications network,'' said a 27-group coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union, Privacy International and the Internet Society.
`Police agencies and powerful private interests acting outside of the democratic means of accountability have sought to use a closed process to establish rules that will have the effect of binding legislation,'' the groups added.
In its response to these concerns, the Justice Department said there was no such retention requirement at issue but a data ``preservation'' provision.
"Preservation is not a new idea; it has been the law in the United States for nearly five years,'' the statement said.
Preservation of logs is "the law"? That's news to me. I've never preserved a log over the 4 weeks or so that the default unix config. -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS Systems Librarian Arrowhead Library System Virginia, MN (218) 741-3840 hseaver@arrowhead.lib.mn.us http://harmon.arrowhead.lib.mn.us