I think you will find that heating and lighting, etc. is really only provided to customers (who do have a contractual relationship) - the string is buying goods and services. Donald -----Original Message----- From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry Sent: 24 June 2016 18:31 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [data-protection] Consent and contract: Retrospective GDPR? In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 16:29:16 on Fri, 17 Jun 2016, Phil Bradshaw <[log in to unmask]> writes >The free-wifi /consent paradigm is a fundamental misrepresentation of >bot sides of the transaction. It is not consent for the reasons articulated. It is not "free". > >The reality is that this is a personal transaction. Our personal data >and consent are now valuable commodities. The true transaction is contractual : in consideration of you providing me with wifi access I give you permission to use my data for... That should not necessarily be the case. The sorts of places which provide free wifi also provide other things like heating in the Winter and aircon in the Summer. Both of which are "free", make us more likely to patronise the premises, have no strings attached, and don't require us to give permission to be spammed. -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Securing the future... - Improving services - Enhancing quality of life - Making best use of public resources. The information in this email is solely for the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, or distribute its contents or use them in any way: please advise the sender immediately and delete this email. Perth & Kinross Council, Culture Perth and Kinross and TACTRAN do not warrant that this email or any attachments are virus-free and does not accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any virus infection. Perth & Kinross Council may monitor or examine any emails received by its email system. The information contained in this email may not be the views of Perth & Kinross Council, Culture Perth and Kinross or TACTRAN. It is possible for email to be falsified and the sender cannot be held responsible for the integrity of the information contained in it. Requests to Perth & Kinross Council under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act should be directed to the Freedom of Information Team - email: [log in to unmask] General enquiries to Perth & Kinross Council should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 475000. General enquiries and requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act to Culture Perth and Kinross should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 444949 General enquiries to TACTRAN should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 475775. Securing the future... - Improving services - Enhancing quality of life - Making best use of public resources. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^