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Internet providers can be obliged to store IP addresses with safeguards, EU court ruling says

By Sam Clark ( April 30, 2024, 13:40 GMT | Insight) -- Internet access providers can be forced to retain IP addresses in a “general and indiscriminate manner” under EU e-privacy rules as long as there are safeguards, the EU’s top court ruled today. In a case referred from France, the EU Court of Justice said retention is permissible as long as it does not allow “precise conclusions to be drawn about the private life of the person concerned.” The NGO that brought the French case, over the actions of regulator Hadopi, said the ruling “buries online anonymity.”Internet access providers can be forced to retain IP addresses in a “general and indiscriminate manner” under EU e-privacy rules as long as there are safeguards, the EU’s top court ruled today. ...

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