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#Post#: 90725--------------------------------------------------
Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting their
websites.
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: September 20, 2025, 5:08 am
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This concerns me. And I suggest that all recipients of PCNs note
this when they do so. And make a FOIR. One council (Lewisham)
has even alleged that I had not viewed a client's case at all on
its website.
#Post#: 90959--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Grant Urismo
Date: September 22, 2025, 11:30 am
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With my Computing lecturer hat on, I see no cause for concern.
An IP address does not identify an individual (both factually
and legally, according to case law from file sharing cases).
Unless you've specifically paid for a fixed one and never use a
mobile device or a different wifi network, they can change
arbitrarily.
#Post#: 90980--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: September 22, 2025, 1:54 pm
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You'd probably go a long way to find a website around that
doesn't record one's IP address these days.
#Post#: 91040--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Grant Urismo
Date: September 23, 2025, 4:40 am
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There is literally no way for a website to send you a page
without temporarily storing your IP address, so it's actually
just a question of how long that information is retained.
#Post#: 91051--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: September 23, 2025, 6:03 am
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[member=71]Stedman[/member] What is it you dislike about my
initial post? I am taking the point that, if a council makes a
statement that I have not visited their website re a particular
case, this should surely be challenged when I have.
Please post a reply.
#Post#: 91056--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Stedman
Date: September 23, 2025, 6:16 am
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OK, if you want a reply then I will reply.
What I don't like about your post is your level of paranoia. As
Grant Urismo and DWMB2 have already, it's standard practice for
virtually all websites - probably even this one.
#Post#: 91074--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: September 23, 2025, 7:54 am
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--- Quote ---
> I am taking the point that, if a council makes a statement
that I have not visited their website re a particular case, this
should surely be challenged when I have.
--- End Quote ---
Was their stated reasoning for this based solely on IP
addresses?
If so, that would seem to be a rather flawed use of IP address
logs, regardless of any broader views as to their storage of the
same in the first place.
#Post#: 91093--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: roythebus
Date: September 23, 2025, 9:16 am
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Surely just by recording your IP address doesn't mean you were
the person accessing it. Much like because you're the RK of a
car doesn't mean you were driving it.
#Post#: 91173--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: September 23, 2025, 1:40 pm
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--- Quote from: Stedman link ---
>
> OK, if you want a reply then I will reply.
>
> What I don't like about your post is your level of paranoia.
As Grant Urismo and DWMB2 have already, it's standard practice
for virtually all websites - probably even this one.
>
--- End Quote ---
I am not paranoid. Rather, pragmatic. Cada loco con su tema.
#Post#: 91178--------------------------------------------------
Re: Councils' acquisition of one's IP address when visiting
their websites.
DIR By: Hippocrates
Date: September 23, 2025, 1:51 pm
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> [quote]I am taking the point that, if a council makes a
statement that I have not visited their website re a particular
case, this should surely be challenged when I have.
--- End Quote ---
Was their stated reasoning for this based solely on IP
addresses?
If so, that would seem to be a rather flawed use of IP address
logs, regardless of any broader views as to their storage of the
same in the first place.
[/quote]
Yet to be divulged via a formal complaint. They bluntly stated
in their evidence pack that I had not accessed their website to
view the case when I had.
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