# GDPR and anonymizing personal data

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-and-anonymizing-personal-data/72103
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** gdpr, privacy
**Created:** [October 15, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-and-anonymizing-personal-data/72103 "2017-10-15T12:40:56Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gdpr-and-anonymizing-personal-data/72103/53 "2018-04-12T00:16:27Z")

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> [@riking](#):
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> remove IP addresses

As you correctly pointed out in an earlier post, we need to make sure it is removing the IP from everywhere it can at the time of anonymization, though – feel free to send through PRs on that if you can assist.

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