Internet Safety Act Explained

The Internet Safety Act and the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (acronymized SAFETY) were two United States bills introduced in 2009 requiring "a provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service [to] retain for a period of at least two years all records or other information pertaining to the identity of a user of a dynamic IP address the service assigns to that user."^{[1] [2]}

Neither bill was passed by Congress.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. News: Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police . . 2009 . 2009-02-24 .
2. News: Proposed Child Pornography Laws Raise Data Retention Concerns. CRN Magazine. February 20, 2009. 2009-03-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090319010704/http://www.crn.com/networking/214502232. March 19, 2009.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160704100226/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01076: |/home/LegislativeData.php?n=BSS;c=111 House version, H.R.1076
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160705001829/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00436: |/home/LegislativeData.php?n=BSS;c=111 Senate version, S.436
5. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1076 "H.R. 1076 (111th): Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009"