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		Tomte on Feb 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop I won‘t address „ethical“, but collecting full IP addresses has been discussed as possibly illegal in Germany for years now. And since the recent European court decision, I suppose it is settled: yes, illegal.

aeorgnoieang on Feb 28, 2018 [–]

What's a 'not full' IP address?

matt4077 on Feb 28, 2018 | [–]

Leaving the last three digits out of logs gives you all the information you might need without making it possible to tie it back to a specific user. Google Analytics actually has an option for that.

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