Moz said:most isps only keeps logs/records for 1month ,
an if you use an a dynamic ip it changes every time you log on thru a router
NTL, the isp here because it is a cable operater would have kept the logs upto 3 months
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0 said:Few people noticed the new directive passed by the European parliament at the end of December. Christmas was coming, and the grinding of bureaucratic gears in Brussels seemed, as ever, unimportant.
But the directive, which all member states - including the UK - must implement within 18 months, requires every telephone company and internet service provider (ISP) to save call records and internet logs up to two years. The purpose? To "aid law enforcement".
The directive covers what is known as "traffic data". For telephone companies, that means details of numbers dialled, call duration and location (for mobile phones). For ISPs, it includes websites visited, the header information attached to every email detailing sender, recipient, date, time, and the internet address you were assigned at the time.
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