In message <19638938.1276874245773.JavaMail.root@ps31>, at 16:17:25 on
Fri, 18 Jun 2010, Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Thank you, I am aware that communications providers will have this
>information,
Not all of them will. You can sign into some broadband packages at a
range of physical addresses, and my 3G data provider has no idea where I
live or what my phone number is.
>but some may not necessarily directly link it, and that
>broadband IP's at ISP's are rotated on a regular basis.
Some will, and some won't (rotate that is).
>The question was deliberately left open, but mainly focused upon web
>sites which require membership details and also log the IP during
>visits.
They could collect and correlate that information, but once again I
don't log into those sites exclusively from my home Internet connection.
>Is there any collation or matching of that type of material going on
>that anybody is aware of, commercial, research or otherwise?
There is some data correlation going on for the purposes of geolocation
services, but with the prevalence of mobiles I wonder if anyone is
bothering to do it for just the landline numbers.
>Ian W
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roland Perry
>Sent: 18 June 2010 13:08
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [data-protection] IP/Telephone number
>
>
>In message <[log in to unmask]
>sys>,
>at 18:49:39 on Thu, 17 Jun 2010, Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]>
>writes
>>Is anybody aware if any database linking IP address and telephone
>>number exists or is capable of being electronically drawn together?
>
>Do you assume that premises have (in some sense) a fixed IP address
>or
>phone number?
>
>The only people with a direct database of the kind you mention may be
>VoIP suppliers. I can't think of anyone else who would need to know
>both
>your phone number and IP Address (although many ISPs would ask for a
>street address when you sign up, which could conceivably be linked
>via
>DQ to your phone number).
--
Roland Perry
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