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>Says who? an IP is absolutely PII from its inception. It's an identifier. "IP X is requesting xxxsite.com? That's assigned to Larry in accounting. Better call
by fluoridation 3y ago
>Says who? an IP is absolutely PII from its inception. It's an identifier. "IP X is requesting xxxsite.com? That's assigned to Larry in accounting. Better call HR."
No, it's locally identifiable information. IP X is assigned to Larry's computer. That might be Larry making that request, but it should be considered a leap in logic to reach that conclusion without more information.
- dragonwriter 3y agoIdentifiers assigned to objects associated with people, even indirectly, are PII even if it is possible for them to be misleading. PII doesn't require that the information be incapable of being misleading, otherwise almost nothing would be PII.