On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 07:02:20AM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Chris Lightfoot wrote:
[...]
> >yes, David is correct; in general, IP addresses may be
> >personal data, and therefore must be processed in
> >accordance with the data protection principles.
>
> But - repeating myself again - it's not the IP address of the sender's
> computer. It's the IP address of the smtp host.
doesn't matter -- it may still identify a single living
individual, and so is personal data.
> However, when you do an RBL looking youare sending the same information
> to all the block lists that you use.
obviously you should only do this if you are satisfied
that it is legal to do so.
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