iPlayer "records"

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A Willmore
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Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

Recent letters received by those genuinely not needing a TV Licence have included the text "However, our records show someone has used BBC iPlayer on a number of occasions over recent weeks".

As an IT professional, I am intrigued as to how this information is obtained and feel sure that the process of doing so must be fully documented, together with further documentation of how the data can be interpreted and assigned to an individual property.

I would be grateful for copies of any documentation that you have, together with some sample (but unidentifiable) examples of the "records" mentioned above.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr A Willmore

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FOI Enquiries,

Dear A Willmore,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Your request was received on 31st August 2024. We
will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest
within 20 working days.

If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the below
address.

The reference number for your request is FOI2024/00435.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights, BBC Legal Department

Address: London Broadcasting House | 4 ^th Floor Zone E | Portland Place |
London | W1A 1AA

Email: [1][BBC request email]

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Dear A Willmore,

Please find attached our response to your request for information
reference FOI2024/00435.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights, BBC Legal Department

Address: London Broadcasting House | 4 ^th Floor Zone E | Portland Place |
London | W1A 1AA

Email: [1][BBC request email]

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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()

Nothing in the Iplayer privacy policy that the BBC provided to you mentions anything about using your details to check for licensing.

So unlike the BBC to tell porky pies. Maybe they need to get BBC verify to respond instead. Oh but they are also tell porkies. Maybe a BBC verify verified is needed.

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