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Is BBC iplayer tracking my location in UK legally and asking to pay tv licensing?

huantingpen123 · 2024-09-19 14:24:21

Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I live in Devon, UK and I've already declared that I don't need a TV license online after lots of letters sent to me, asking to check my room. However, I recently got an email from TV Licensing saying they found me using Iplayer and are now demanding payment. I admit after declare, I…

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Olinda99 Posts: 2,042 Forumite

20 September 2024 at 2:17PM

for the sake of clarity, if you fill out a 'licence not needed' form using an email address and then use the same email address to sign up to and watch iPlayer than you will get one of these letters.

It is an email matching algorithm, pure and simple

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