Article
Breyer case of the Court of Justice of the European Union: IP addresses and the personal data definition
European Data Protection Law Review
(2017)
Abstract
Court of Justice of the European Union, Case C-582/14, Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, judgment of 19 October 2016, not yet published. ECLI:EU:C:2016:779
A dynamic IP address of a website visitor is a piece of personal data for a website publisher, if the publisher has the legal means to identify the visitor, with the help of additional information held by the visitor’s internet access provider.
Article 2(h) and article 7(f) of the Data Protection Directive
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius. "Breyer case of the Court of Justice of the European Union: IP addresses and the personal data definition" European Data Protection Law Review Vol. 3 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 130 - 137 ISSN: 2364-2831 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/frederik-zuiderveenborgesius/25/