> when you link it with other data. > reasonably able it clearly states 'legal means' to identify the user. a subpoena is a perfectly reasonable and legal wa

> when you link it with other data. > reasonably able it clearly states 'legal means' to identify the user. a subpoena is a perfectly reasonable and legal way to disclose an identity from an ip and doesn't require access to any other personal data, merely that such a link from ip to identity exists. the link is the "third party information to identify the user". it's not that you correlate an ip with a cookie or other technical means. you have to get out of the engineering mindset.