Security News > 2016 > October > EU court: Site operators can log visitors’ IP address for protection against attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-10-20 16:12
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the German government can collect and keep IP addresses of visitors to websites operated by German Federal institutions, in order to protect those sites against cyberattacks (e.g. denial-of-service attacks) The question of whether they should has been asked by German Pirate Party politician Patrick Breyer, and the Bundesgerichtshof (German Federal Court of Justice) turned to the CJEU for a definitive answer. “Furthermore, the … More →
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