[anti-abuse-wg] [ncc-services-wg] EU Data Protection

On 5 Nov 2014, at 16:20, Sascha Luck <lists-ripe at c4inet.net> wrote:

> how does the uncontrolled publishing of that data possibly comply
> with the EU Data Protection Directive and imminent General Data Protection Regulation,
> 
> especially considering the entirely uncontrolled transfer of such
> data to non-EU countries (whois lookups!)?
> 
> IANAL, but to me it looks like a breach of said regulations.

Sacha, what matters here is how Dutch law enacts the EU directive and regulation and how the Dutch Data Protection Authority enforces that law(s). I would presume/expect the NCC's legal staff have already checked this or got expert advice.

The NCC is already publishing Personal Data -- eg names and addresses for Contact Objects -- without violating Dutch/EU Data Protection and/or Privacy legislation. So I would assume that publishing Person Objects will be equally acceptable.

My understanding is the issues around export of Personal Data apply to cases where the data are processed/controlled in a country that does not have a Data Protection regime or Safe Harbour provisions equivalent to the EU Directives and Regulations. Publishing whois data probably does not fall into that.

IANAL either. Though I have dealt with whois issues, ICANN, Data Protection and far too many lawyers in a previous life. The scars have nearly healed.