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Bluetooth is not "public" - in the UK anyway...
October 08, 2007
Interesting this. I wasn't aware that in the UK the Information Commissioner has in effect ended regulation around Bluetooth, which some initial commenters are saying will pave the way for lots of BlueSpam. They did have guidelines, which suggested people are asked to "opt in" before they received information over Bluetooth to their phone, but these guidelines will now not apply. Anecdotally, many of the services do behave this way - asking you first whether you'd like to receive something to the phone, and giving some explanation as to what on earth will be transferred.
In Ireland, the Data Protection Commissioner is going to have a think about it first, before pronouncing.
Posted by Sean at October 8, 2007 12:44 PM
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