Dublin GDPR Adventures

So this Tuesday (23 Oct) at 14:41 I get a phone call from Virgin Media. Usual security questions establishing I am who I say I am. Am I the person who sent the "data access request?" - You betcha. "And what are you looking for, specifically?" - Everything, especially the internet logs covering the time of the alleged infringement. "OK, we'll be sending you that on a password-protected CD". So we shall see what appears (and how long it takes)

                                                                                                                          Paul <address> Dublin 7 Wednesday 17 October 2018 Dear Sir/Madam/To whom it may concern, I am writing in response to your letter dated 3 October conveying an IRMA allegation of copyright infringement using my IP Address. First of all I want to point out that your database records even have my name wrong. My middle initial is not P, it is M for Michael. My full legal name is Paul Michael Bowman. But my name is not the only thing you have wrong in your database. Most importantly the allegation your letter conveyed, namely that on 15/09/20018 01:19:53 a digital copy of a copyrighted album (London Grammar, 'Truth is a Beautiful Thing') was being downloaded via the BitTorrent protocol via my internet connection, is entirely false. I am the sole tenant at the account address and the sole user of the internet service provided und

Hi PAUL P Your IP address has been highlighted to us by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) as allegedly sharing music without the correct permission. This is part of IRMA's mission to focus on identifying copyright infringement online. When IRMA highlight an IP address to us, we're legally bound by court order to identity the account holder and contact them - that's why we're sending you this letter. IRMA notification detail The details of the most recent occasion of music sharing at your IP address is below: IP Address:  109.255.255.25 Date & Time Initiated: 15/09/2018 01:19:53 Website/protocol used: BitTorrent Track and copyright holder: London Grammar - Truth is a Beautiful Thing (Deluxe) (2017) SONY MUSIC What this means for you We understand that multiple members of your household can use this IP address so please encourage them to enjoy legal music platforms like Spotify, iTunes and Amazon MP3. It's also really important to e

So this is a blog set up to document my adventures in trying to assert my individual rights under the new GDPR legislation. It so happens that my network provider seems to have gifted me an opportunity to explore the new powers that are hypothetically at the reach of us ordinary consumers. So I thought I'd document the process, as I expect this may take some time and be fairly involved as this is pretty new to everyone. I will post the offending letter from my network provider shortly, once I have access to a scanner.