Nameless data can still be personal

[Peter Tomlinson]

"A person does not have to be identifiable by name for details of their 
computer usage to be protected by data protection laws, a senior 
European privacy watchdog has warned."

"Companies which are unsure whether information such as activity or 
server logs or a record of internet protocol (IP) addresses are personal 
data or not should treat it all as personal data, the European Union's 
Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx has said."

Full article at http://www.out-law.com/page-9563

Peter