According to a press release dated 16 May 2017, and following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) preliminary ruling in Case C-582/14 dated 19 October 2016 (see our previous blog), the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – FSC) confirmed in a judgment of 15 May 2017, case
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CJEU says dynamic IP addresses can constitute personal data
By Cynthia O’Donoghue & Curtis McCluskey on
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has ruled that dynamic IP addresses can constitute personal data.
Dynamic IP addresses, registered by a website provider when an individual accesses its website, shall constitute personal data where the operator has the legal means to combine the data with additional data (held by the internet service provider) to identify the data subject.
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