German ISPs told to delete IP logs

A GERMAN COURT has ordered the nation's ISPs to destroy any IP logs to protect the privacy of their customers.

According to Spiegel online, the ruling made by the highest appeal court in the land, makes it harder for anti-piracy organisations to trace an infringing IP-address back to a customer. However the case was started by Holger Voss, a 33 year old man from Münster who was sued for making a sarcastic comment in an Internet forum back in 2002.

A district court and the regional court, now the federal appeal court decided that T-Online had no right to store the IP-logs without a legal reason. Under the ruling, ISPs will have to delete IP logs if the customer asks them to do so.

More here, if you speak German. Here if you don't. µ