If you use an RNG to generate IP addresses, that does not represent any information about any person, hence no PII, even if it is in fact the IP address of a person that is protected under the relevant regulation.
If you use an RNG to generate IP addresses, that does not represent any information about any person, hence no PII, even if it is in fact the IP address of a person that is protected under the relevant regulation.
"If a business collects and processes IP addresses, but has no legal means of linking those IP addresses to the identities of the relevant users, then those IP addresses are unlikely to be personal data. However, businesses should note that if they have sufficient information to link an IP address to a particular individual (e.g., through login details, cookies, or any other information or technology) then that IP address is personal data, and is subject to the full protections of EU data protection law."
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