Russ, "russ@consumer.net" wrote the following on 13/01/2012 15:47:
In any case I have contacted the Dutch Data Protection Authority and I have asked them to review the situation and provide a ruling.
I got another answer from RIPE. They won't even acknowledge getting a ruling from the Dutch Data Protection Authority. They just repeat their same "party line" without addressing any of the substantive issues. It seems to me they don't want a legitimate review. Maybe they don't want to be exposed for misleading the RIPE community? In any case you will never have "community consensus" if the community is uniformed, or worse, intentionally misinformed by the authority.
Without expressing on my behalf any opinion on what you're saying above, if you are going to make accusations regarding NCC behaviour on the mailing list, could you please do so with proof? I'm sure the NCC would be happy (after you've checked with them) for you to copy any correspondence you've had on this matter to the mailing list. I'm sure we'd all also love to see anything official from the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Thanks, Brian, Co-Chair, RIPE AA-WG