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abigailbramble and Lior539 authored Dec 20, 2024
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Any other initial [person properties](product-analytics/person-properties#default-person-properties), including initial [GeoIP properties](https://posthog.com/docs/product-analytics/person-properties#geoip-properties) will be set from the values in the event at the time that the person profile was created i.e. when the events became identified.

### If we change our `person_profiles` config to `'always'` away from `'identify-only'`? Will we get all the person data from the previously captured anonymous events?
### If we change our `person_profiles` config from `identified_only'`to `always`, will we get all the person data from the previously captured anonymous events?

No, anonymous events only capture the event data and none of the person data. If that person is identified at a later date – either by identifying them or changing your configuration settings – there isn't a way to retrieve the person properties from the previously captured anonymous events.

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