TV Licence article Discussion

mta999

There is of course no check on the data so you could put whatever you want

castle96

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81863865#Comment_81863865

Is that true? You caN put in any email address!!!!

JSmithy45AD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81865274#Comment_81865274

Any VALID email address, yes. The same for any service you have to register for.

mta999

Valid email yes but postcode, date of birth, gender are not checked

castle96

Sothey can't trace you (from your email address)

Cornucopia

In order to trace "you", they match email addresses between iPlayer (BBC ID) and No Licence Needed (or something similar).

If they make such a match, they sending a warning. They cannot do anything more than that because the method doesn't provide robust evidence of an offence.

Nick_C

I have told TVL several times now (by phone) that no licence is needed at my property, but I refuse to give them any personal data: they don't have my name, email, or phone number. If I call them, I withhold my number. Letters are addressed to the occupier.

I don't have anything to hide, but I'm not a BBC customer and feel strongly that they have no right to store my personal data. I would encourage others to do the same.

grandadgolfer

Another £5.50 increase for those that still buy one

mta999

But that's such good value - £180pa is only 0.034p a minute....

Nick_C

Just back from a few days away in the UK, so watched some broadcast channels for the first time in a while. Truly shocked at the poor quality of some of the programmes, the poor choice of content, and the awful irritating adverts (on Sky News at breakfast time). I must confess though that most of what we watched was on BBC iPlayer. If it was possible to subscribe to iPlayer for a month at a time, I would probably pay for two or three months a year..