Indicating personal data in an HTTP message

A method performed by a receiver in a network for receiving an indication of personal data in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, message comprising a body, the method comprising:

• receiving the HTTP message comprising an appended header field indicating either presence or absence of personal data in the body from a transmitter;
• determining if the HTTP message comprises personal data in the body based on the appended header field;
• logging the HTTP message;
• and
• anonymizing or pseudo-anonymizing the logged HTTP message.

A network for receiving an indication of personal data in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, message comprising a body, the network comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the network further comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, causes the network to:
• append a header field to the HTTP message by the transmitter, the appended header field indicating either presence or absence of personal data in the body;
• transmit the HTTP message comprising the appended header field to the receiver from the transmitter;
• receive the HTTP message comprising the appended header field;
• determine if the HTTP message comprises personal data in the body based on the appended header field;
• log the HTTP message;
• and
• anonymize or pseudo-anonymize the logged HTTP message.