The Swedish telecom operator Tele 2 plans to erase all data identifying its 600,000 customers, a decision that will undermine Sweden's new IPRED law and make the hunt for internet scofflaws more difficult.
Starting next week, Tele 2 will destroy records of IP addresses after they’ve been used. The company took the action to secure their customers’ privacy and strengthen the ISP’s market position.
“This is a strong wish from our customers and therefore we’ve decided to no longer keep records of customers’ IP addresses,” Tele2’s CEO in Sweden, Niclas Palmstierna, told the Swedish news agency TT. “We do this to strengthen the protection of customer privacy.”
The IPRED law went into effect on April 1 in Sweden and allows courts to order ISP’s to hand over details that can identify suspected illegal file sharers. With no data to reveal, the new law will be ineffective.
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