[ripe-list] choosing locations for RIPE meetings

Hi Claudio,

On 18.07.2017 09:54, Claudio Ferronato wrote:
> Il 18/07/2017 02:52, Daniel Roesen ha scritto:
>> On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 03:28:34PM +0200, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
>>> Are there privacy implications, such as providing a passport and
>>> CV in advance???
>>
>> For Germans, providing (or allowing to take) a copy of personal ID
>> documents is - except under some very specific exceptions and strict
>> rules which also encompass redaction requrirements - simply UNLAWFUL.
>>
>> Congrats, you've just excluded any individual with sole German
>> citizenship from being a presenter, unless this individual is happy to
>> violate federal law.
> 
> German law is valid only on German soil.

that claim in its undercomplex simplicity is simply a false one.

> So, even a german, has to adapt to local laws.

That, I guess, is undisputed by Daniel.

However, if local laws are in conflict with German laws such as the
passport and ID card law, it is up to that very individual to draw
appropriate conclusions from this matter of fact.

One of them - maybe even the only one - has been outlined by Daniel in
his post.

Best,

	-C.