On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 15:14 +0100, Stefan de Konink 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.
That's great to hear. Please read the CBP publications: http://www.cbpweb.nl/downloads_rs/rs_20071211_persoonsgegevens_op_internet_definitief.pdf page 12, section 'IP-adres' thank you, armijn -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.uulug.nl/ | UULug: Utrecht Linux Users Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
