CJEU rules that personal IPs can't be stored, unless to thwart
cybernetic attacks or similar.

<http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/10/eu-dynamic-static-ip-personal-data/>

Europe's top court has ruled that dynamic IP addresses can constitute
"personal data," just like static IP addresses, affording them some
protection under EU law against being collected and stored by websites.

But the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) also said in its
judgment on Wednesday that one legitimate reason for a site operator to
store them is "to protect itself against cyberattacks."

The case was referred to the CJEU by the German Federal Court of
Justice, after an action brought by German Pirate Party politician
Patrick Breyer. He asked the courts to grant an injunction to prevent
websites that he consults, run by federal German bodies, from collecting
and storing his dynamic IP addresses.

Breyer's fear is that doing so would allow the German authorities to
build up a picture of his interests, according to the Austrian newspaper
der Standard. Site operators argue that they need to store the data in
order to prevent "cybernetic attacks and make it possible to bring
criminal proceedings" against those responsible, the CJEU said.

It held in its ruling that dynamic IP addresses could be considered
personal data, even though they didn't refer consistently to one person,
provided a website "has the legal means enabling it to identify the
visitor with the help of additional information which that visitor’s
Internet service provider has." Since this is generally the case in
Germany, the court said that dynamic addresses would then be personal
data—an important ruling.
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Il riferimento CJEU dovrebbe essere C-582/14 - Breyer
<http://curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche.jsf?id=C%3B582%3B14%3BRP%3B1%3BP%3B1%3BC2014%2F0582%2FJ&pro=&lgrec=en&nat=or&oqp=&dates=&lg=&language=en&jur=C%2CT%2CF&cit=none%252CC%252CCJ%252CR%252C2008E%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252Ctrue%252Cfalse%252Cfalse&td=%3BALL&pcs=Oor&avg=&mat=or&parties=Breyer&jge=&for=&cid=1422011>

ciao
Alberto
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