IP and ISP subscriber logs by legal process
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What it does
An IP log ties an internet address at a time to the subscriber who held it. Police obtain it from the internet provider by legal process. The log identifies an account. It is not the content of the browsing, and it is not a deep look inside the traffic.
Privacy watchdog concerns
No watchdog page is attached.
Constitutional issues
Unresolved question
Fourth Amendment, Nevada Constitution art. 1, § 18
Warrant practice not established for a Nevada agency
IP and ISP subscriber logs by legal process: No Nevada IP-log program is documented. The Stored Communications Act is the provider-records statute to read. Carpenter does not decide a subscriber lookup. No violation is claimed.
- Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296 (2018). Does not decide this technology. United States Supreme Court. Carpenter does not decide an internet-subscriber lookup.
- Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979). Counterauthority. United States Supreme Court. Smith is counterauthority for a pen register of phone numbers. It is not a holding that an IP lookup is the same act.
Statutes attached to read, not findings.
- NRS Chapter 239. Nevada public-records law is the route to ask for contracts, policies, and logs. Citing it is not a finding that a surveillance practice is unlawful.
- Nevada Constitution art. 1, § 18. State search-and-seizure provision. This page does not quote the section. No section anchor was verified. It is listed only where a search question is actually implicated.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A civil remedy for a deprivation of federal rights under color of state law. It is not a warrant statute, and it does not itself make a surveillance practice unlawful.
- 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2713. Stored Communications Act provisions for some provider-held records. Attached only to stored communications or carrier records, as the statute to read. Not a finding of a violation.
Nevada use
Not documented on this page.
Statute identified. Nevada use is not documented.
See also: DNS query logs; Deep packet inspection
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IP and ISP subscriber logs by legal process: Do not treat a subscriber lookup as content interception.
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