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Re:Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:28PM (#18933167)
Couldn't almost any WiFi router, and thus the user of that router, then be in violation of GDPR simply by logging which MAC addresses attempt to connect to that router? Even connections by accident (selecting the wrong SSID).

I know my Netgear router has a history of basically any connection attempts and their MAC address; it does this by default, not sure I can even turn it off.

And how would you even present a GDPR notice to the user prior to logging that kind of information?

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Re:Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals by casylum on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:41PM (#18933270)
Sticker on the window?

There is an issue with retailers tracking shoppers movements in a store.

FTC take on the issue: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2015/04/privac...

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Re:Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals by lccarrasco on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:39PM (#18933255)
Depends if you can argue successfully that a MAC Address is Personal Data or not.
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Re:Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals by jhonkola on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:36PM (#18933826)
No. Wifi router needs the MAC address in order to provide a service to the user, thus it is allowed to collect the MAC. GDPR allows collecting personally identifying information if it is necessary for providing the service.
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Re:Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals by matte_black on Thursday January 17, 2019 @01:39PM (#18933253)
No one said GDPR was well thought out.
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