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>Online identifiers ... is important for developers. It includes things like IP addresses, mobile device IDs, browser fingerprints, RFID tags, MAC addresses, cookies, telemetry, user account IDs, and any other form of system-generated data which identifies a natural person.

What if one exclusively collects telemetry IDs (unique per application), with which usage stats are sent. To what extent is this personal data? On who does the burden of proof for 'being able to identify a natural person' fall?



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