[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43545: Helper functions: Anonymizing data in a standardized way

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#43545: Helper functions: Anonymizing data in a standardized way
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 Reporter:  dejliglama          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Options, Meta APIs  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch gdpr    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by pputzer):

 Replying to [comment:14 azaozz]:
 > > We could maybe create a Ip_zero, and a IP_partially...
 >
 > Actually think there was a court ruling in Germany requiring anonymized
 IPs to be cut to only the first two octets, i.e. 192.168.0.0. This makes
 them really useless for any purpose :(

 Have you got any source for this? I know of no such ruling and have not
 been able to find any German article that mentions it. All German articles
 on the topic of IP anonymization seem talk about killing the last octet
 (or using Google's standard `_anonymizeIp()` function).

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