My latest elog question??

If the dot log requirement is you must keep 6 months worth of logs at your place of business why are all the elogs available working on a cloud based storage on an off site server God knows where.
Also as far as I know the loging rule is you must keep the previous 6 months worth of logs,except the cloud based storage keeps all the logs stored till the end of time.
Also was just talking to a local guy who had received his mc# a little less than a year ago and just had his mandatory audit.
The nys dot inspector who performed the audit remarked to him saying"elogs are going to be great because we will be able to pull years worth of information in an audit"
So there you have it instead of looking at the by law required 6 months they will be looking at years worth of information thanks to elogs.

 

Because even the most no frills basic of the basic eld sowtware is cloud based and all info goes to the cloud.
This is even true on the Stone Age vdo system.
Sure you you could pull from the cloud and load a USB with the info but....
A man is got to ask himself why all the elds hold there info on a cloud on an off site server and why they hold indefinite information.
First of all the law states that six months worth of logs need to be held at the office not off site somewhere.
Second the writing is on the wall as this progresses the dot will be electronically auditing logs by gaining access to all the logs held on a server somewhere.
The info will be run thru software to look for points of interest to them and then you will get a vist and a lot of other fun stuff from them.
you can bet that when an accident occurs all the records from the cloud not just the last six months will be subpoenaed from you from the lawyer on the opposing side.
Also the insurance company's will now jump on the band wagon and ask for direct access to the cloud so they can rate your insurance based on what they find there.

If you think this isn't possible it's already happening in other info systems administered by government.
In my other business I do nys motor vehicle safety inspections.
Same deal
records were required to be kept at the shop untill about 7
Years ago the state required us to buy an electronic inspection machine that has a dedicated internet line that hooks it to the mainframe computer at the state Capitol.
The info is pulled from the machine and is run thru software at the Capitol looking for points of interest and the generates a list for the motor vehicle inspectors to do an onsite visit to the businesses identified.
Anybody see any parallels here....

 

I'm not saying cloud base storage is illegal I'm asking why are all your logs needed to be stored there when it's not mandatory?
All so notice the language of at least 6 months worth of logs must be stored....
But all the elogs store info indefinitely.
How often do we see rouge government agency's have access to non required info and use a false narrative to destroy people's businesses and lives.