# Topic\_views vs Topic.views

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175 "2018-09-14T08:25:31Z")
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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: [September 28, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175/10 "2018-09-28T09:10:47Z")

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It’s discussed there, but there is no solution. IP addresses for anonymous visitors are still being stored.

> [@Problematic IP address fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785/29):
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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.

So I guess we’re back at my former statement:

> [@RGJ](#):
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> For registering which user saw what topic it wouldn’t make sense to register IP addresses for anonymous visitors (which is a left over GDPR toxic item anyway)

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