Armijn Hemel wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 14:55 +0100, Jochen Topf wrote: >>> In The Netherlands 'personal data' is extremely well defined. And I >> can >>> tell you, an IP address is definitely *not* one of them. >> A German court ordered a German federal ministry this year to stop >> logging IP addresses because they contain personal information. But it >> doesn't matter how you or "The Netherlands" define "personal data", >> some >> IP addresses can be traced back to a person. > > And in some instances IP addresses are definitely "personal data" in the > Netherlands. Stefan: you might want to read "De wet op Internet" by > Arnoud Engelfriet first, which describes these things in the context of > Dutch law for legal dummies like us, before making claims :-)
It certain times I have more trust in the CBP than one person that has studied law but has clearly no influence on politics. Stefan _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
