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08:42:40 on Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Tim Trent
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>You are probably correct. Now, since the IP address is becoming
>considered to be personal data, a MAC address could also be so
>considered. Since I have not been told at the first opportunity by
>Google that Google has my multiple MAC addresses, does that mean that
>they are in breach of the DPA?
I think you need to look at the circumstances in which "other
information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the
possession of, the data controller" might be available to convert MAC
number to a person.
Other than engaging in a drive-by exercise, the MAC number is pretty
much secured by obscurity. Whereas an IP address appears in all sorts of
web logs (where it can in turn be associated with login credentials),
email or usenet headers, etc.
--
Roland Perry
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