A new definition of “personal data” to consider
Is an IP address or an URL personal data? Should it be personal data? Anyway, given the European-wide review of the Data Protection Directive, I have decided to put my head above the parapet and describe what I think the definition of personal data should look like. Of course, readers might disagree – but all I would say that if we don’t have any idea of what the definition should look like, then Governments and the European Commission will happily




