[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43588: Anonymize commenter IP address once a comment is no longer pending

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#43588: Anonymize commenter IP address once a comment is no longer pending
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 Reporter:  allendav     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 A commenter's IP address is stored with each comment.  The commenters IP
 address can often be used to identify a single individual or device at a
 location.

 To enhance commentor's privacy, and to reduce the amount of personal data
 stored by a WordPress site in preparation for upcoming laws like the GDPR,
 this issue proposes that once a comment transitions out of pending, core
 WordPress should zero the commentor's IP address final octet similar to
 how Google Analytics Anonymizes IP addresses

 The rationale for keeping it while a comment is pending is to continue to
 allow anti-spam access to the IP address which can be used to detect spam.

 The rationale for keeping all but the last octet is to still allow
 statistics to be gathered about the general geographic location of
 commenters based on the first three octets of the IP address.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43588>
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