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0 pointsedmundsauto4y ago0 comments

Certain jurisdictions may have records retention regulations so e.g. search history can be supoenaed in a criminal investigation.

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admax88q4y ago

I would be very surprised if there way a law requiring search history to be recorded.

Just because some data can be supoenaed doesnt mean you are required to store/create the data in the first place.

edmundsautoOP4y ago

I agree, search history is a bit too specific to be encoded in laws. There are, however, a broad class of laws called "mandatory data retention" laws, which the EFF is against. https://www.eff.org/issues/mandatory-data-retention

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0 pointsedmundsauto4y ago0 comments

Certain jurisdictions may have records retention regulations so e.g. search history can be supoenaed in a criminal investigation.

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admax88q4y ago

I would be very surprised if there way a law requiring search history to be recorded.

Just because some data can be supoenaed doesnt mean you are required to store/create the data in the first place.

edmundsautoOP4y ago

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