# 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: [March 25, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785/7 "2018-03-25T10:23:44Z")

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I do understand that it is hard to feel the sentiment in Europe here if you’re not actually _in_ Europe. Maybe a good comparison is to look how a lot of US based online services are responding to SESTA right now: some of them are even completely or partially closing down, just because they don’t know how to comply.

Well, GDPR is not causing _that_ much panic, but people do want to be sure that they’re compliant. And as long as they’re not sure, they’re not even _starting_ a forum.

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