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I wonder if the top comment in that thread is accurate in saying it's against the GDPR. I suppose the real answer is that time will tell.


As a general rule, if the data can be used to identify some users, it falls under the GDPR. From Article 4(1):

> ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;




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