>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: 14 October 2000 21:35
>Subject: 4.25 Billion IP Addresses - Personal data?
>Is an IP address personal data?
>From: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:12 AM
>If you are monitoring the IP address associated with particular machines
used
>by aspecific individual then I reckon it is.
>From: "Charles Christacopoulos" <[log in to unmask]>
>Simply, webservers log a number of things every time a
>transaction is made. Mainly logs are made of:
>IP address of client;
>From: "Tim Chown" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:26 AM
>Subject: RE: 4.25 Billion IP Addresses - Personal data?
>There's lots of good, valid
>reasons to keep data by IP. The fact that in some cases an IP address
>can be tied to a person with a fair degree of liklihood just means you have
>to take care over handling the data.
=
Does this mean we should be treating IP addresses in the same way as
telephone numbers for the purpose of data protection?
Or are they more personal because they are not openly published? e.g. Many
computer users people will have absolutely no knowledge of them.
Ian
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