On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 06:45:19AM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
> David Saez Padros wrote:
> > I just need the IP address of the
> > server and if it is spam or nonspam", actually the spanish data
> > protection agency, based on european directives, considers ip addresses
> > as personal data, which means that they cannot be transferred to any
> > third party without previous consent of the user attached to the ip.
[...]
>
> I'm not asking for the IP address of the end user. It's the IP address
> of the host server. This is about tracking the karma of host servers,
> not end users.
yes, David is correct; in general, IP addresses may be
personal data, and therefore must be processed in
accordance with the data protection principles.
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