Am I my IP address's keeper? Revisiting the boundaries of information privacy
探讨IP地址是否应被视为个人数据,通过分析技术属性、欧盟和美国判例法、第29条工作组意见及ICT公司立场,论证信息隐私法规应规定具体技术指令而非指导原则。
Whether the Internet Protocol address should be seen as personal data or not remains a contested issue with regard to information privacy. This article explores the question by looking at the technical attributes of the Internet Protocol address, European Union (EU) and U.S. case law, and how the EU's advisory data protection body, the Article 29 Working Party, and some of the world's most influential information and communication technology (ICT) companies consider the IP address. The notion of contextual integrity is then used to show that information privacy regulation must stipulate concrete technical mandates instead of guiding principles, contrary to the ideal of technology neutrality in Internet regulation.