On March 14, the DDPA published a decision (source document in Dutch) approving BREIN's intention to process the personal data of BitTorrent users. The BREIN foundation, a joint antipiracy program of authors and artists, seeks to track users who infringe on the copyright of BREIN's affiliated parties. The personal data to be processed includes IP addresses and user names, and the scope of the investigation is limited to productions of parties affiliated with the BREIN foundation and to Dutch users of the BitTorrent network.

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