No data retention in germany for donated services

[Sven Anderson]

Hi,

Karsten N. just sent to the German exitnodes list a link to an  
article, which is very convincing and legally well-founded (see  
below). It explains that any service that is being donated to the  
public, that is, without taking money or any other return service  
(like advertisements) for it, is _not_ obliged to retain any  
connection data! Furthermore, since there is no gray area, who isn't  
obliged to retain data is not _allowed_ to retain data, and can be  
charged with a fee up to 10.000 EUR for doing so! Since Tor is without  
doubts such a donated service, this turns the tables, and it is  
clearly a risk for a Tor operator in Germany to retain any data. (You  
would have to proof that you're financing your Tor node by a return  
service of the users and therefore are obliged to retain connection  
data. ;-) )

Thanks for that link, Karsten!


Best regards,

Sven


Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:

> Von: "Karsten N." <tor-admin at privacyfoundation.de>
> Datum: 24. November 2008 10:26:02 MEZ
> An: exitnodes at lists.ccc.de
> Betreff: keine VDS für unentgeltliche Dienste
>
> Hallo Tor-Admin,
>
> bei datenspeicherung.de gibt es einen interessanten Aufsatz zu
> Speicherpflichten aus §113a TKG (VDS).
>
> http://www.daten-speicherung.de/index.php/keine-vorratsdatenspeicherung-fuer-unentgeltliche-dienste/
>
> Demnach dürfen Tor-Nodes (ausdrücklich erwähnt!) *keine* Daten  
> speichern.
>
> Karsten N.
>

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