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But do these new powers not compel a record to be kept, or does your ISP not record these things.

By that I mean would an ISP being forced to record all visits effect server logs.

(Yes I don't know too much about how all this stuff works)

Your ISP is an intermediary, SSL secures you from having any intermediary between you and the server see what is communicated between you.

Your ISP, if you use SSL, cannot see what you're accessing.

And as for logs, I personally am not being compelled to store log files nor make them available to anyone. But then, I'm hosted in the USA. But then... most sites are. Hardware is cheaper in the US, land (data centres) is cheaper in the US, bandwidth is cheaper, there are more telecomms peering points (the internet is faster and more resilient)... so not having a server in the UK I cannot be forced to comply to a law that doesn't apply to the geographic region in which my server is present.

Also... what servers I know are in the UK (my employer for example)... we have also not been instructed by anyone to keep any records, and so we won't be :) And even if instructed, unless it's something we legally have to act upon we won't.