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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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