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		sharkweek on June 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sonic.net CEO: We Delete User Logs After Two Weeks... I think this is a great idea, but I'm curious... -- so I'm playing devil's advocate with this question -- Couldn't there be some risk that it would be tough to build a case against someone involved in illegal activity? Like how much harder is it to build a case against CP offenses with only access to two weeks of logs?

poink on June 25, 2012 [–]

There's no way to answer that question broadly, since it depends on which other sources of information law enforcement can consult in a given case.

For what it's worth, unless you retain data forever, it's always possible to delete it the day before you need it.

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