[Ecommerce] Bill Would Give AG Power to Determine Data Retention Period for ISPs

[Jeff Williams]

All,

Update see: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/print.php/3660201
and http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.837:

(15 February 2007)
"A bill introduced in the US House of Representatives would give the
Attorney General powers to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to
retain customer data.  H.R. 837, known as the Internet Stopping Adults
Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2007 or the
SAFETY Act, would require that ISPs retain subscriber names,
addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses.  The length of time the
data would be kept would be determined by the Justice Department.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has said he believes data should
be retained for at least two years.  Privacy advocates say the bill's
language is vague and could be interpreted to require ISPs to retain
web surfing habits and IM and email correspondence."

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