[AusNOG] Data Retention - are you kidding me??

[russell at central-data.net]

Yes you are correct you should not be keeping record of the Subject line and i should have made it clear to strip it out when transporting the logs. Thanks for catching it though and ensuring people are clear on it
Most systems will have the subject line in their standard logs and can simply be stripped out later \ not collected at all when sending over to data retention.

Its a pretty fine line to collect all of the "relevant" data while not infringing on the privacy laws 


Kind Regards, 

Russell Brooks 


Central Data Systems Pty Ltd 
88 Havelock Street, West Perth, WA 6005 
Phone: 08 9481 4010 

www.central-data.net 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Wheeler" <ausnog at rossw.net>
To: russell at central-data.net
Cc: "ausnog" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 11:38:11 AM
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Data Retention - are you kidding me??



> /^Subject:/      WARN
> This will put a single line in your logs like the following
> warning: header Subject: "Subject line"[src ip addr]; from=<src at address.com> to=<dst at address.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<src server>

Is not the "Subject" header part of the "content of a mail message" and 
therefore explicitly NOT to be captured under the legislation?