# Problematic IP address fields

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** gdpr, privacy
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785 "2018-03-25T07:06:34Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785/29 "2018-05-21T21:19:22Z")

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Although I do absolutely welcome these PR’s I do want to emphasize that storing the IP addresses of visitors **without** an account (for a longer time than needed for deduplication) is a much more problematic issue since those people cannot easily be asked to give their consent.

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