] As an intermediary, the OSP finds itself in a position to ] collect and store detailed information about its users ] and their online activities that may be of great interest ] to third parties. The USA PATRIOT Act also provides the ] government with expanded powers to request this ] information. As a result, OSP owners must deal with ] requests from law enforcement and lawyers to hand over ] private user information and logs. Yet, compliance with ] these demands takes away from an OSP's goal of providing ] users with reliable, secure network services. In this ] paper, EFF offers some suggestions, both legal and ] technical, for best practices that balance the needs of ] OSPs and their users privacy and civil liberties. I wish Google would agree to drop the last two octets from IPs in their logs. |