XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Whiskers wrote in message   
   slrnnb1lnk.sr.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net:   
      
   > Google will be able to see the IP number of the internet account being   
   > used.  That tells them which ISP is being used, and that in turn gives   
   > some very broad geographical information (eg in the UK most ISPs operate   
   > throughout the whole of the UK).   
      
   The Dutch courts ruled that the SSID is "personal" data, if my read of   
   this reference is correct.   
      
     "The new option appears to fall in line with a Dutch Data Protection   
      Authority ruling in August this year that "obliged [Google] to offer   
      users the option to opt-out, so they can effectively object to the   
      processing of data on their wi-fi routers at all times and free of charge."   
      
      Tuesday's changes appeared to ste from the Dutch authority's 2010   
      investigations into Google StreetView car's collection of wi-fi data,   
      which noted that "MAC addresses combined with a calculated location   
      are personal data because the data can provide information about   
      the wi-fi router’s owner."   
      
   http://www.itnews.com.au/news/wi-fi-router-owners-get-google-loc   
   tion-opt-out-280192   
      
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