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Here is something germane to this thread. >Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:42:43 -0500 >From: "vinton g. cerf" <[email protected]> >Subject: EC Directive on IP Addresses and Privacy >X-Sender: [email protected] >To: "ISOC Members Discussion" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: ISOC Members Discussion <[email protected]> >List-Owner: <mailto:[email protected]> >X-Message-To: [[email protected]] > >I thought this would interest you - these are NOT my words but >the words of the source of the message to me: > > > >"Yesterday, I learned from a very well-placed U.S. Government source that >European law enforcement officials have told their American counterparts >that they interpret the E.C. Data Protection Directive as prohibiting >Internet service providers from maintaining records of users' IP >addresses unless necessary for service or billing. This position indicates >that E.C. officials consider both dynamic and static IP addresses to be >subject to the Directive as "personal data'...relating to an...identifiable >natural person" under Article 2(a) of the Directive. Therefore, it is >being interpreted that the European Directive prohibits the retention of >dynamic IP addresses even by an ISP unless it is used for billing purposes >(which is rarely the case). > >If shared by others in the E.C., the position could have significant >implications for Internet business models." >================================================================= > >See you at INET'99, San Jose, CA, June 22-25,1999 >http://www.isoc.org/inet99/ > > ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer - e-mail: mailto:[email protected] Internet phone: hawk.lvrmr.mhsc.com Personal web pages: http://staff.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: http://www.mhsc.com ___________________________________________________ KISS ... gotta love it!
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