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Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol () nacs net>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:13:14 -0400
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? -- Steven J. Sobol - Founding Member, Postmaster/Webmaster, ISP Liaison -- Forum for Responsible & Ethical E-mail (FREE) - Dedicated to education about, and prevention of, Unsolicited Broadcast E-mail (UBE), also known as SPAM. Info: http://www.ybecker.net
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- Warrants for email and backup tapes William Allen Simpson (Jul 28)
- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Steven J. Sobol (Jul 28)
- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Christian Nielsen (Jul 28)
- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes David Lesher (Jul 28)
- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Christian Nielsen (Jul 28)
- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Karl Denninger (Jul 28)
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- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Karl Denninger (Jul 29)
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- Re: Warrants for email and backup tapes Steven J. Sobol (Jul 28)