German court says IP addresses in server logs are not personal data | OUT-LAW.COM
October 20th, 2008 Posted by Colin Meek in Your own privacy
Publishers are allowed to store internet protocol addresses without violating data protection legislation according to a German court ruling. The decision is a blow to privacy campaigners across Europe who have argued that IP addresses can be used to identify specific individuals. Privacy groups have argued that publishers should not be able to store IP addresses to track patterns of use. The court has argued that publishers cannot identify owners of IP addresses without more information from internet service providers and that can only happen – legally – with court permission. German court says IP addresses in server logs are not personal data | OUT-LAW.COM
January 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am
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