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MovedGoalPosts · 15-03-2005, 22:46

Are you sure the IPs you are posting are actually the IPs of the banned person. Many will be sophisticated enough to hide behind proxies and such like. Others will just be on dynamic IPs, which change from time to time, so an innocent then gets tarred with an IP that a suspect user previously had. There is no easy way past that.

As for the DPA, you have to be careful of anything that might be "personal data". Once could argue that, especially for anyone with a fixed IP, the IP can allow someone to be tracked. Of course if you are holding personal data, whoever owns your site may have to ensure they have registered with the data commisioner. For that reason it's best to only record user names, perhaps an email for contact, and that's about it.

15-03-2005, 22:46	#3
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Question on IP address distrubution Are you sure the IPs you are posting are actually the IPs of the banned person. Many will be sophisticated enough to hide behind proxies and such like. Others will just be on dynamic IPs, which change from time to time, so an innocent then gets tarred with an IP that a suspect user previously had. There is no easy way past that. As for the DPA, you have to be careful of anything that might be "personal data". Once could argue that, especially for anyone with a fixed IP, the IP can allow someone to be tracked. Of course if you are holding personal data, whoever owns your site may have to ensure they have registered with the data commisioner. For that reason it's best to only record user names, perhaps an email for contact, and that's about it.