Making My Own Glasses

Re:Making My Own Glasses by tonyarkles on Friday October 04, 2019 @09:58AM (#21157732)

I encountered this in Canada, with an explanation given to me that there was a lawsuit at some point where an optometrist was sued after a client ordered glasses elsewhere based on the provided IPD and got glasses that caused headaches or something like that.

From Wikipedia[1]:

> In both the UK and most of Canada (excluding British Columbia[5]), the PD measurement is classed as a dispensing tool rather than a part of the actual prescription of the person whose eyes were tested, thus there is no obligation for a PD to be provided on patient request.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupillary_distance

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Re:Making My Own Glasses by diroussel on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:58AM (#21158341)

As part of GDPR you can request a copy of any personal data. In the UK this is governed by the ICO, and it’s called Right of Access.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...

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Re:Making My Own Glasses by astura on Friday October 04, 2019 @01:27PM (#21159877)

You get your PD measured at the time you order your glasses. If you never order glasses they'll never measure your PD.

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Re:Making My Own Glasses by icebraining on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:57AM (#21158903)

Are you assuming they keep records on the PD measurements of clients who didn't actually purchase glasses there? At least at the opticians I've used, I don't think they do.

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