[glitchc]

There's a lot of confusion here. You need to read the GDPR carefully. The GDPR is the only source that explicitly mentions IP, and even they distinguish IP as "personal data", not "personally identifiable data." No other privacy legislation on the planet considers IP to represent any kind of PII.

I will reiterate my point. It is impossible to operate the internet or any other network where a server must distinguish between two or more client without some kind of identifier for session management. Just think about it.

[withinboredom]

I am literally face palming so hard right now. I also wish I'd seen this reply earlier.

The GDPR never mentions "personally identifiable data" as that is a US term. In the GDPR, it only says "personal data" which is the exact same thing according to the GDPR.