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European data-protection chief Peter Hustinx talks about how far an IP address can stand as an ID
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Speaking to ZDNet UK at the RSA Conference Europe 2008, Peter Hustinx, the European data-protection supervisor, discusses whether a computer can be assumed to represent a specific individual for the purposes of identification.
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Talkback
While a business computer can be regarded as little more than a glorifird "filing cabinet" and communication tool, the personal computer, whatever it's form, is very much an extension of the individual and the IP address is the personal link to "friends and neighbours". As an IP address is irrevocably linked to an individual while in use it must certainly be considered personal data although I am certain that our data hungry government would argue the case.