On 2017-05-12 16:21, Andy Wedge wrote:
I've just tried to play Casualty from the iPlayer site as a test. I
was
asked to register with a DOB, Postcode, Email address and gender
identification so changes have already happened.
I don't see that your DOB or gender are the Beeb's business. I can sort
of see
that postcode is relevant if only because I don't have a problem with
them
checking you have a TV licence, which is presumably where this is
headed.
Does anyone thing that a fake DOB (which random values are what I give
to most
organisations that ask for DOB), or an incorrect gender will come back
to bite
me?
And... do they just have a trad view of gender or are there what you
might call
the open-mined 5 (or more) alternatives that some sites have - ie
something like
M F trans-one-way trans-the-other my-business-not-yours
--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own
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