Technology Review: EU data regulator says Internet addresses are personal information

The head European Union data regulator has said that the IP addresses that identify individual computers on the internet are private information and should be treated as such. There has been some controversy on this point, since technically, the IP address only identifies a computer, not a person. However, people often use the same computer day after day. The point is important for search engines, who make use of the IP addresses for analyzing requests. Technology Review: EU data regulator says Internet addresses are personal information