Where have you been lately?

I previously posted about how we were betrayed by our own data and used this example. It appears that a data access request is not necessary to obtain this information.
By now, most people are aware that your network provider needs to keep certain information on your current whereabouts in order to connect an incoming telephone call to you when you are out and about, indeed they now have a legal obligation to maintain this information ( with other information) for a period of time(Data Retention Directive and the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011  ). Recent research  shows that your IPhone is collecting, and maintaining your movements in a database which is on your telephone and also saved on your laptop when you back up your telephone.

Since this data stays in your own possession, is there any reason to worry? Probably not yet as it is unclear why the data is being stored - although I could imagine a lot of uses for it. The researchers have kindly provided a useful application to let you map your whereabouts and movements as stored in the database, once I get it running I may share some of my findings with you!

There is some good discussion on this here.

Data Protection: Betrayed by our own data | Digital | ZEIT ONLINE

Data Protection: Betrayed by our own data | Digital | ZEIT ONLINE

It would be interesting to conduct such a mapping exercise in Ireland now that the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 has come into force. Similar information may well have been retained prior to the Act, but without a data protection request it is hard to know.
So..... any volunteers for the request?

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IP 2

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iPhone test

This is a test post from my iphone

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