No. 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,

No. 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.