IP Addresses - Just a Number?
IP Addresses - Just a Number?
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DOI：
10.1093/ijlit/eaq013
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
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1
通讯作者：
Tranvik, Tommy
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作者：
Lundevall-Unger, Patrick;Tranvik, Tommy
IP地址是否应作为个人数据受到欧盟数据保护指令的监管？我们在哪里划分个人数据和匿名数据的界限？当我们决定IP地址是否与可识别的自然人相关时，应该考虑哪些识别方式？这些都是本文提出和讨论的问题。在首先审查了欧洲法院提出的将IP地址分类为个人或匿名数据的论点之后，我们提出了一种确定IP地址的法律的地位的方法。该方法包括两个独立但又相互关联的步骤：合法性检验和可能合理性检验。我们的论点是，这种方法不仅适用于IP地址，而且应该被视为评估自然人，可识别性和信息之间关系的一般方法。
Should IP addresses be regulated as personal data under the European Union's Data Protection Directive? Where do we draw the line separating personal from anonymous data, and which means of identification should be taken into account when we make decisions about whether or not IP addresses can be related to an identifiable natural person? These are the questions raised and discussed in this article.After first having examined the arguments presented by European courts for classifying IP addresses either as personal or anonymous data, we then propose a method for determining the legal status of IP addresses. This method consist of two separate but interrelated steps: the legality test and the likely resonable test. It is our contention is that this method is not only applicable to IP addresses, but should be regarded as a general way of evaluating the relationship between natural persons, identifiability and information.