[18480] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Tue Jul 28 19:29:44 1998
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:13:14 -0400
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <7443.wsimpson@greendragon.com>; from William Allen Simpson on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:24:31PM +0000
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:24:31PM +0000, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Our ISP was just served a warrant (out of California) demanding our
> dialup logs and email backup tapes. So far, the warrant is probably
> invalid, as it mis-named the company. And as far as we can tell, we are
> not being charged with anything -- or at least we have not been told so.
> We only have our usual contracts attorney, and he seems a bit out of his
> depth.
I think it is unreasonable to demand copies of email, although it is not
unreasonable to demand copies of logs. I can't believe you're being served
with a warrant with no explanation of why, though. Are you sure it's a
*warrant*? Are you sure it's not a subpoena for a court case?
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