[OSM-dev] Any tile statistics (unique visitors)

[Armijn Hemel]

On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 14:55 +0100, Jochen Topf wrote:
> > In The Netherlands 'personal data' is extremely well defined. And I
> can  
> > tell you, an IP address is definitely *not* one of them.
> 
> A German court ordered a German federal ministry this year to stop
> logging IP addresses because they contain personal information. But it
> doesn't matter how you or "The Netherlands" define "personal data",
> some
> IP addresses can be traced back to a person.

And in some instances IP addresses are definitely "personal data" in the
Netherlands. Stefan: you might want to read "De wet op Internet" by
Arnoud Engelfriet first, which describes these things in the context of
Dutch law for legal dummies like us, before making claims :-)

armijn

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