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Switzerland has now made it illegal for companies to monitor and store users' IP addresses, and hence, put an end to P2P investigations and the sue-for-settlement business. At least that's the conclusion of Logistep AG, a company that has been in the anti-piracy business since 2004.
The country's Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner actually took Logistep to court and won a ruling which basically said an IP address is in fact personal data, and because of this, it needs special protection. And civil litigation (as opposed to a criminal case) is not deemed important enough for user's privacy to be violated in this way, it seems.
Critics of the ruling say that this could allow Switzerland to become a safe haven for copyright infringers.
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The country's Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner actually took Logistep to court and won a ruling which basically said an IP address is in fact personal data, and because of this, it needs special protection. And civil litigation (as opposed to a criminal case) is not deemed important enough for user's privacy to be violated in this way, it seems.
Critics of the ruling say that this could allow Switzerland to become a safe haven for copyright infringers.
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