European Union:
Advocate General Asks EU Court Of Justice To Consider Dynamic IP Addresses As Personal Data
26 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On May 12, Advocate General Campos Sanchez-Bordona released
an opinion in Patrick Breyer v. Germany Federal
Republic (C-582/14). According to the opinion, a dynamic
IP address constitutes personal data within the meaning of
Directive 95/46/EC when an internet service provider has other data
that, when linked to the dynamic IP address, facilitates
identification of the user.
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