[tor-relays] [tor-relays-universities] Legal issues relevant to UK

[teor]

> * Duncan Guthrie schrieb am 2016-09-01 um 01:09 Uhr:
>> I'm hoping to run a Tor relay here at a University in the UK.
>> Is there anyone here who might have some experience with this in the
>> past? I have been researching legal issues but information is
>> extremely sparse (mostly relating to the DMCA). All I can really work
>> out is that the issues relating to ISPs apply more generally, and more
>> strictly to a Tor exit node operator.
>> What protections, if any, exist here in the UK for a Tor exit node
>> operator?

> On 5 Sep 2016, at 05:08, Jens Kubieziel <maillist at kubieziel.de> wrote:
> 
> X-Post from tor-relays-universities@
> 
> I ran some relays at Geman universities in the past. I guess my
> experiences won't help here. Maybe someone on tor-relays has experience
> with running a relay at an UK university, so I send this mail to
> tor-relays@ too.

I can't help with UK-specific legislation, but if it hasn't diverged too far from Australia, the answer is likely the same:
"there are some legal protections for carriage services, but the protections applying to an open proxy operator have not been testing in court yet".
(Of course, you should get UK-specific legal advice on that.)

One other option is to try setting up a non-exit relay first, which is what we've done recently in Australia.

Another option is to have a talk with your local police (or the relevant police group dealing with Internet activities), and let them know about Tor and your Exit relay. And let them know you don't keep any logs, and Tor can't identify the end user anyway by design. That keeps them informed, and gives them someone to contact if there are ever any concerns about your relay.

Tim

Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)

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