tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974997875021040765.post340505550751574033..comments2024-03-12T12:04:59.304+01:00Comments on Peter Fleischer: Privacy...?: Are IP addresses "Personal Data"?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09908660263905877338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974997875021040765.post-17699080296901541632008-03-01T18:53:00.000+01:002008-03-01T18:53:00.000+01:00Another argument why IP`s are NOT personal can be ...Another argument why IP`s are NOT personal can be seen when they are compared to their parallel in the real world - the outbound postcode (not the full postcode which is clearly personal). <BR/><BR/>The outbound postcode is the first 4 digits of a postcode (e.g AB12) and has been classed as a non-personal identifier by ICO in Information Tribunal decision EA2007/009 and FS50169424 on 8th Jan 2008<BR/><BR/>This is because the OutBound postcode only relates a geographic region, not an actual location in the real world. Similarly, IP`s only relate to geographic regions, and it is not possible to know the actual location of a user by their IP. <BR/><BR/>In Fact due to inaccuracies with the technology for mapping the geo-location IP`s, they are often miss-identified and users ISP region is shown, not the users region. See example: http://tinyurl.com/2ec7ld<BR/><BR/>Information Tribunal decision EA2007/009 <BR/>Roy Benford vs. the Information Commissioner which found that <BR/>“…part of the postal address can be given without that being sufficient to identify <BR/>any living individuals. So for example, the county and outbound postcode would clearly not be personal data” <BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2hz6hb page4 - point 13<BR/><BR/>Phil.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11227590922243713056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974997875021040765.post-22227794681074947052007-09-10T15:24:00.000+01:002007-09-10T15:24:00.000+01:00There are, of course, differences in the degree of...There are, of course, differences in the degree of conservatism that ISPs or other industry players in a single country interpret the same privacy laws.<BR/><BR/>Germany, especially - as there's a fairly long tradition of activist privacy legislation such as the Holger Voss case, that led to a superior court decision prohibiting ISPs from storing any IP data at all for users on flat rate billing plan (as IP data is supposed to be only used / retained for billing purposes), <BR/><BR/>That decision further provided that users can demand that their ISP delete all IP or other data pertraining to the user. Not too surprisingly, there are several privacy organizations in Germany that have posted boilerplate demand letters addressed to various ISPs, that users can download and send their ISP.Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974997875021040765.post-66154697691601143052007-06-19T23:22:00.000+01:002007-06-19T23:22:00.000+01:00In Slovenia the Personal Data Protection Act when ...In Slovenia the Personal Data Protection Act when defining the “identifiability” strictly follows Article 2 (a) of the Directive, but than goes on with “… if the mode of identification causes no great expense, demands no great effort or doesn’t take much time”.<BR/><BR/>Not exactly a definition you could use in everyday life, especially when addressing the question whether IP could be defined as personal data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974997875021040765.post-37174546236364321172007-06-19T21:06:00.000+01:002007-06-19T21:06:00.000+01:00In Slovenia the Personal Data Protection Act when ...In Slovenia the Personal Data Protection Act when defining the “identifiability” strictly follows Article 2 (a) of the Directive, but than goes on with “… if the mode of identification causes no great expense, demands no great effort or doesn’t take much time”.<BR/><BR/>Not exactly a definition you could use in everyday life, especially when addressing the question whether IP could be defined as personal data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com