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No need for travels - all you need is to use a VPN/proxy/tor. IP geolocation is not a reliable proxy for physical location (let alone residency - while citizens
by 3np 3y ago
No need for travels - all you need is to use a VPN/proxy/tor. IP geolocation is not a reliable proxy for physical location (let alone residency - while citizenship doesn't enter the equation at all). I don't find it problematic that the law recognizes this.
- Semaphor 3y agoAFAIK it’s often accepted that the law does accept IP geolocation as a reasonable effort to detect EU residents. GPs point here is that Denmark does not hold that view. On the one hand, I kinda agree with DK, on the other hand that would bring on the fears of US-liberal HNers who lose all their freedom to sell user data.
- mattmcknight 3y agoYet IP address is the "personal data" they are claiming falls under the law. It's somehow both personal and useless at identification.
- 3np 3y agoNot so strange at all. The IP address _can_ be used to identify you (together with other data-points), which brings it into PII territory. That it can not be used to reliably determine your physical location is besides the point. Consider an online store shipping physical goods. It asks you for a shipping address. This shipping address is PII and must be treated as such. The facts that you may reside elsewhere and that multiple other people may be residing on that address are both irrelevant to the GDPR. https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/services/privacy-security-and-information/privacy-security-and-information-law-blog/can-a-dynamic-ip-address-constitute-personal-data https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/services/privacy-security-and... https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/what-personal-data_en https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...