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Would this not be misuse of PII? You own a particular vehicle registration mark as much as you own a particular phone number, and both can reasonably be used t
by jamescun 6y ago
Would this not be misuse of PII?
You own a particular vehicle registration mark as much as you own a particular phone number, and both can reasonably be used to identify an individual (motor database verus telephone database).
- bluesign 6y agoIt is PII under GDPR for sure.
- unilynx 6y agoIt sure is if an IP address (with on average probably a shorter lease than a BMW) is considered PII too
- throwbacktictac 6y agoUK is no longer under the GDPR right?
- speedgoose 6y agoAbout one week left.
- jamescun 6y agoThe UK has left the EU however the Data Protection Act 2018 which implemented GDPR within the UK is still in effect.
- Veen 6y agoIt is until the end of the 2020 transition period. Thereafter it is not, but the Government intends to introduce similar privacy legislation. > The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), which currently supplements and tailors the GDPR within the UK, will continue to apply. > The provisions of the GDPR will be incorporated directly into UK law from the end of the transition period, to sit alongside the DPA 2018. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-at-the-end-of-the-transition-period/information-rights-at-the-end-of-the-transition-period-frequently-asked-questions/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-at-the-...
- Veen 6y agoI know it’s bad form to ask, but I’m curious why this is being downvoted. It’s factually correct so far as I can tell.
- phatfish 6y agoIt's because Hacker News is very anti-privacy, unless it's their own data. You should only be allowed to control your own PII if you can afford a $1000 Apple product. Everyone else is fair game.
- iso1210 6y agoI guess it's the "government intends to" given how close to the end of the year is Of course everything regarding the EU exist is a total mess, now, with just 7 days, 9 hours left - including Christmas Day and Boxing Day - so just 2 working days left - we've been told that there is a new trade deal with the EU, which may or may not be passed into law this year on both the EU and the UK side. I believe that the appropiate laws and instruments are already in place to roll over GDPR into next year
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- christophilus 6y agoYour license plate is public. It’s literally on your car for all to see.
- StavrosK 6y agoIt's not the license plate that's PII, it's whether I've paid my warranty or not.
- bluesign 6y agoLicense plate is I guess PII. Something public doesn't stop it to be PII, like IP addresses.
- StavrosK 6y agoI don't think the plate itself is PII, like "158.32.44.25" isn't PII. Tying that to a person is what's PII.
- bluesign 6y agoIt should be PII, otherwise I can put cameras all over the city, log license plates, and sell service for you to query. I think PII according to GDPR is something you can go back to identify a person.
- StavrosK 6y agoI'm not sure, but I think the times and locations are PII. Maybe the plate is too, though, good question.
- koolba 6y ago> It should be PII, otherwise I can put cameras all over the city, log license plates, and sell service for you to query. This exists and it’s a very profitable business: https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-17-repo-drivers-scan-license-plates.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-17-repo-drivers-scan-licens... I think it’s about $20 per query to track a known plate.
- varjag 6y agoYou probably waived through all of that on GDPR consent page of your BMW app.
- seppel 6y agoWhy does BMW even store the license plate? Is the warranty tied to a license plate? And if so, why?
- astura 6y agoThey almost certainly don't, most likely there's some lookup table to find VIN from a license plate. I live in the US but I just looked up my VIN correctly by my license plate on VINcheck.info
- rconti 6y agoRegistration # information is public in the UK. You can just scan any vehicle on the road. I don't think ownership info is, but you can get all the detail of the car it belongs to (or is SUPPOSED to belong to).
- seppel 6y agoAh, this makes sense (not necessarily that this is public information, but why the scanning works)