Re: EU Official: IP Is Personal

[Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>]

> Paul Vixie wrote:
> > hank () efes iucc ac il (Hank Nussbacher) writes:
> > > http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g08qkYTaNhLlscXKMnS3V8dkc-WwD8UAGH900
> >
> > they say it's personally identifiable information, not personal property.
> > EU's concern is the privacy implications of data that google and others
> > are saving, they are not making a statement related to address ownership.
>
> Correct. In the EU DP framework (see: 
> [...]
> P. S. How many bits in the mask are necessary to achieve the non-PII aim?

So, this could be basically a matter of dredging up someone with a /25 
allocated to them personally, in the EU service area.  I think I know 
some people like that.

I know for a fact that I know people with swamp C's here in the US.  That
would seem to set the bar higher than a mere 7 bits.

... JG
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