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No, your IP is not "you". It's most definitely not your PII, per se. It is PII when used in conjunction with other data(even under fairly strict GPDR rules). T
by JAlexoid 2y ago
No, your IP is not "you". It's most definitely not your PII, per se. It is PII when used in conjunction with other data(even under fairly strict GPDR rules).
The party storing the IP must have means of associating that IP with you, not simply "a city".
I mean... I can write an anonymous letter, drop it into the mailbox of my local post office and there will be a stamp of where and when that letter was mailed from. Is a post office stamp now my personal information?
- ricardo81 2y agoEU law says your IP is PII. When you have the /24 of a searcher, and assets on X% of websites where that same IP accesses clicking through from a search, I mean, it's well known that this is not very private. And also doing xx searches a day. The idea of anonymity becomes a fantasy.
- yegg 2y agoWe don't pass any parts of the IP to anyone.
- ricardo81 2y agoSure, in the case of this specific tool. But the point of something being demonstrably 'private' is diminished based on your usage of the word in other contexts. And again, hitting Microsoft IPs. Microsoft have assets on many websites, so the correlation is trivial over time, no specific IP needed, no cookies needed.
- JAlexoid 2y agoNo. That's utterly wrong interpretation, according to ECJ. IP is not PII per se(on it's own, if you don't understand that phrase) If it's hard to understand, it's the same with phone numbers. Your phone number is PII, yet in every country with an option to move your phone number to another phone line provider - they are all very much not private... And telco can check if your phone number is in use, and not only telco. Phone numbers are significantly more private than IPs.