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Re: PacePutIpAddrInEntry

To: Robert Sayre <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PacePutIpAddrInEntry
From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:58:38 -0700
Cc: Atom Syntax <atom-syntax@xxxxxxx>, Mark Pilgrim <pilgrim@xxxxxxxxx>, Sam Ruby <rubys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Jun 30, 2004, at 4:47 PM, Robert Sayre wrote:

On 6/30/04 6:41 PM, "Mark Pilgrim" <pilgrim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
("You'll need to deal with privacy laws in the EU"
It does seem odd that Mark N. is saying that an IP address is not useful as an identity datapoint, but also suggesting that it constitutes an additional privacy concern.

One might see a superficial contradiction here, but consider that just because P3P classifies IP addresses as PII (Personally Identifying Information) for the purposes of data protection, it doesn't follow that IP addresses are a good, useful or reliable form of personal identification. These are very different goals.

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