Re: [weirds] I-D Action: draft-hollenbeck-dnrd-ap-query-00.txt

[Patrick Vande Walle <[e-mail]>]

On 02/05/12 06:02, John Levine wrote:
>> Querying for an IP and getting back names
> >from a names registry is, although perhaps technically viable, not
>> permitted by at least European database law.
> I know that many people believe that, but I'm fairly sure you're
> mistaken.  (Feel free to provide case law.)
<http://www.mondaq.com/x/162538/Copyright/ECJ+Confirms+That+IP+Addresses+Are+Personal+Data>
As Eric pointed out, there is no need for case law, although you will
find several judgements from the Europe an Court of Justice, national
courts, as well as opinions from the Article 27 Working Party and the
European Data Protection office that will all say that IP addresses are
personal data.  Google's your friend.  Now of course, there is a
difference in concept between an IP address assigned to your home CPE
and one assigned to a  DNS server.  This would require careful analysis.

This begs a question. Being rather new here, I would like to know if the
IETF has a process  in place for WGs to obtain  independent legal
guidance, rather than just engineers playing at being lawyers ? 

Patrick Vande Walle