Legal Question in Technology Law in Maryland

Online Records Subpoena

Our Church recently had its credit card number stolen and used to access porn sites. The nature of the sites visited make us concerned that the individual may be working with Children in our Church. We have found out the the individual first registered with these sites at an outside computer. We ahve received teh IP Address of the Computer and have traced it to an ISP in Chicago. on contacting them they stated that they could not give information out without a Subpoena. How would we go about getting this Subpoena and what would it require?


Asked on 6/12/02, 12:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cotie Jones Jones & Associates

Re: Online Records Subpoena

You probably can't get a subpoena for the information on the user from his ISP (only law enforcement could get such a warrant - maybe you want to call the attorney general's office or the FBI). However, you probably could get the specific information used with the porno sites, based upon the nexis b/w your ownership of the card. I would sue them for fraud and seek the info in discovery since the charges are unauthorized (as a practical matter they will likely give up the info prior to trial,if they are not so fly by night as not to appear, to resolve it).

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Answered on 6/12/02, 2:08 pm


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