diff --git a/system/services/email/EmailLoggingService.cfc b/system/services/email/EmailLoggingService.cfc
index d3f9302307..5f798bf056 100644
--- a/system/services/email/EmailLoggingService.cfc
+++ b/system/services/email/EmailLoggingService.cfc
@@ -736,10 +736,14 @@ component {
 	) {
 		var fieldsToAddFromExtraData = [ "link", "code", "reason", "link_title", "link_body" ];
 		var extra = StructCopy( arguments.extraData );
+		var userIp = arguments.userIp;
+		if ( isPrivateIp( userIp ) ) {
+			userIp = "";
+		}
 		var data = {
 			  message       = arguments.messageId
 			, activity_type = arguments.activity
-			, user_ip       = arguments.userIp
+			, user_ip       = userIp
 			, user_agent    = arguments.userAgent
 			, datecreated   = arguments.eventDate
 		};
@@ -1147,4 +1151,29 @@ component {
 		_emailStatsService = arguments.emailStatsService;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the given IP address is a private, loopback, or local IP address.
+	 *
+	 * @ipAddress.hint IP address to check
+	 */
+	public boolean function isPrivateIp( required string ipAddress ) {
+		var ip = Trim( arguments.ipAddress );
+		if ( ip == "::1" || ip == "localhost" ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		// Match IPv4 private subnets (10.x, 127.x, 169.254.x, 192.168.x)
+		if ( ReFindNoCase( "^(10\.|127\.|169\.254\.|192\.168\.)", ip ) ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		// Match IPv4 private subnet (172.16.x - 172.31.x)
+		if ( ReFindNoCase( "^172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.", ip ) ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		// Match IPv6 private/link-local ranges (fc00::/7, fe80::/10)
+		if ( ReFindNoCase( "^(fe[89ab][0-9a-f]:|fc[0-9a-f]{2}:|fd[0-9a-f]{2}:)", ip ) ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/views/admin/emailcenter/logs/_logActivity.cfm b/system/views/admin/emailcenter/logs/_logActivity.cfm
index c294fd4bed..b694e7e984 100644
--- a/system/views/admin/emailcenter/logs/_logActivity.cfm
+++ b/system/views/admin/emailcenter/logs/_logActivity.cfm
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 <cfparam name="args.userAgent"       default="" />
 <cfparam name="args.showAuditTrail"  default=true />
 
+<cfset emailLoggingService = getModel( "emailLoggingService" ) />
+
 <cfoutput>
 	<div class="timeline-item clearfix" data-date="#args.logDate#">
 		<div class="timeline-info">
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@
 			<cfif Len( Trim( args.ipAddress & args.userAgent ) ) && args.showAuditTrail>
 				<div class="widget-header widget-header-small">
 					<span class="widget-toolbar no-border light-grey">
-						<cfif Len( Trim( args.ipAddress ) )>
+						<cfif Len( Trim( args.ipAddress ) ) && !emailLoggingService.isPrivateIp( args.ipAddress )>
 							<strong>#translateResource( 'cms:audittrail.item.ip' )#:</strong> #args.ipAddress#
 						</cfif>
 						<cfif Len( Trim( args.userAgent ) )>
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/email/EmailLoggingServiceTest.cfc b/tests/unit/api/email/EmailLoggingServiceTest.cfc
index 80d1438102..9e0d86e4b0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/email/EmailLoggingServiceTest.cfc
+++ b/tests/unit/api/email/EmailLoggingServiceTest.cfc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  messageId = messageId
 					, activity  = activity
 					, extraData = extraData
+					, userIp    = "8.8.8.8"
 				);
 
 				expect( mockLogActivityDao.$callLog().insertData.len() ).toBe( 1 );
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  message       = messageId
 					, activity_type = activity
 					, extra_data    = SerializeJson( extraData )
-					, user_ip       = cgi.remote_addr
+					, user_ip       = "8.8.8.8"
 					, user_agent    = cgi.http_user_agent
 					, datecreated   = Now()
 				} ]);
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  messageId = messageId
 					, activity  = activity
 					, extraData = extraData
+					, userIp    = "8.8.8.8"
 				);
 
 				expect( mockLogActivityDao.$callLog().insertData.len() ).toBe( 1 );
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  message       = messageId
 					, activity_type = activity
 					, extra_data    = SerializeJson( expectedData )
-					, user_ip       = cgi.remote_addr
+					, user_ip       = "8.8.8.8"
 					, user_agent    = cgi.http_user_agent
 					, link          = extraData.link
 					, code          = extraData.code
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  messageId = messageId
 					, activity  = activity
 					, extraData = extraData
+					, userIp    = "8.8.8.8"
 				);
 
 				expect( service.$callLog().$announceInterception.len() ).toBe( 1 );
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					  message       = messageId
 					, activity_type = activity
 					, extra_data    = SerializeJson( expectedData )
-					, user_ip       = cgi.remote_addr
+					, user_ip       = "8.8.8.8"
 					, user_agent    = cgi.http_user_agent
 					, link          = extraData.link
 					, code          = extraData.code
@@ -162,6 +165,26 @@ component extends="resources.HelperObjects.PresideBddTestCase" {
 					, datecreated   = Now()
 				} ] );
 			} );
+
+			it( "should blank out private or loopback IP addresses when recording activity", function(){
+				var service   = _getService();
+				var messageId = CreateUUId();
+				var activity  = "blah";
+				var extraData = { blah=CreateUUId(), test=Now() };
+
+				mockLogActivityDao.$( "insertData", CreateUUId() );
+				_setupMockMessageQuery( messageId );
+
+				service.recordActivity(
+					messageId = messageId
+					, activity  = activity
+					, extraData = extraData
+					, userIp    = "127.0.0.1"
+				);
+
+				expect( mockLogActivityDao.$callLog().insertData.len() ).toBe( 1 );
+				expect( mockLogActivityDao.$callLog().insertData[ 1 ][ 1 ].user_ip ).toBe( "" );
+			} );
 		} );
 
 		describe( "markAsSent()", function(){