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Data Access

  • 15-07-2014 6:56pm
    #1
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭


    A question i have been asking myself for a small while now, is how much information are we legally entitled to request from an organisation? And what got me asking myself that was a recent upgrade of the broadband.

    I'd be technically minded enough, and i know it can be relatively easy to get into someones, let's say Mikes, wireless network. And Mike isn't a big user, so has the cheapest option which has a download limit. And then John, the cheapskate neighbour, manages to get into Mikes wireless network. And uses up to and over the limit. Is Mike entitled to get the details of MAC addresses of devices which was using his network?

    I ask because i know of someone who recently requested that from a mobile network provider, and they were told that only the Gardaí can request that information. And i believe that that is information which would fall under the Section 4 of the Data Protection Act regarding access of stored information about a person. That because you are paying for the access to their network, that any devices used by that network should have been authorised by the account holder, and that information is a record of your activities?

    Am i wrong? And why?


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  • #2
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Is Mike entitled to get the details of MAC addresses of devices which was using his network?

    In a normal setup, the MAC addresses won't cross/go beyond the router - the ISP won't see them unless they go poking
    All you/the ISP could do is log into the router and see who was hooked up
    If you thought it was going on, you could set up something to log all access

    http://curreedy.com/stu/nic/


  • #3
    johnciall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭johnciall


    From a networking perspective what gctest50 has said is 100% accurate, under a normal setup that information would be stored on the router rather than int he ISPs' datacenter [Though the reverse does happen]

    Keep in mind Spoofing a MAC address is very easy to change so there's no guarantee the MAC connecting to your network will be of any use when it comes to trying to track down the leecher


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