http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/20/are_ip_addresses_personal_data/
That's a very, very good question. You can probably figure out what my answer to that question is, from this blog post.[1]
Also rather interesting is to read the comments, in particular at the countries that do consider it to be personal data.
That's a very, very good question. You can probably figure out what my answer to that question is, from this blog post.[1]
Also rather interesting is to read the comments, in particular at the countries that do consider it to be personal data.
| 1. | If not, the answer is complicated. Yes, it can help identify an individual, but it's not that rock solid, and that there are quite a few ways to compromise it, so that it should be considered a reasonable piece of information, not a concrete 'this definitely identifies a unique user', because it doesn't. The result is that I'm downplaying the use of IP addresses for account-level items. |
