[gnso-dataprotection-thickwhois] a new wrinkle

[Don Blumenthal <dblumenthal@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not suggesting that we revisit anything but I'll pass along a question for 
your entertainment that somebody from Europe raised this morning when we were 
talking about a CENTR panel that I'm trying to put together. How might laws 
governing a third party back end provier affect analyses?

I can think of a few possible ways to address the practicalities but it's an 
interesting question. A law professor could go nuts. What if the back end 
physical operations are in one jurisdiction but the BEO (back end operator) HQ 
is elsewhere? What if the HQ is in one country, it's tech staff is another, and 
the physical plant is in a third (a real situation)? And so on.

I have a headache. Talk with some of you on the WG call.

Don