❓ A parliamentary question seeks information on government agencies monitoring third-party WiFi/Bluetooth addresses, revealing VenuesWest's practices at several locations for connectivity, location awareness, and troubleshooting. Users are notified and must accept monitoring to access the service.
AnsweredQoN 2668Legislative Assembly
Asked
13 March 2018
Member
Portfolio
Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation
QuestionView source ↗
Does any department, agency and Government Trading Enterprise under the Minister's control maintain any wireless network that monitors a third-party's WiFi MAC (Media Access Control) or bluetooth address and if so: (a) Where is the wireless network located and who is being monitored; (b) What company supplies the software and/or hardware to monitor the addresses, what was the upfront and ongoing annual cost; (c) Why was the decision made to monitor the addresses; (d) What information is harvested as part of this monitoring, how is it stored and how long is it retained; and (e) Are the third-party's aware of the monitoring and do they have any way to opt-out?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 May 2018
Responded by
Minister for Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation
Response time
9 days
Sport and Recreation (WA)
(a-e) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice no. 2670.
Department of Communities:
(a-e) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice no. 2663.
VenuesWest:
(a) HBF Stadium, 100 Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
WA Athletics Stadium, Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
Bendat Basketball Stadium, Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
HBF Arena, Kennedya Drive, Joondalup
SpeedDome, Eddie Barron Dr, Middle Swan
(b) Ruckus Wireless: $8,500 P/A annual software maintenance
(c) Basic connectivity requirement, location awareness and troubleshooting.
(d) The following information is collected:
Start time
End time
Client MAC
Client IP Address
Client IPv6 Address
Core Type
MVNO Name
AP MAC
SSID
Bytes from Client
Bytes to Client
Packets from Client
Packets to Client
Dropped Packets from Client
Dropped Packets to Client
Information is stored on the server running the software. It is stored for three days, at which point the data is over-ridden.
(e) All users of the service must accept terms and conditions that notify the 3rd party that there is monitoring in place. Should they opt out, they cannot access the service.
(a-e) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice no. 2670.
Department of Communities:
(a-e) Please refer to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice no. 2663.
VenuesWest:
(a) HBF Stadium, 100 Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
WA Athletics Stadium, Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
Bendat Basketball Stadium, Stephenson Av, Mt Claremont
HBF Arena, Kennedya Drive, Joondalup
SpeedDome, Eddie Barron Dr, Middle Swan
(b) Ruckus Wireless: $8,500 P/A annual software maintenance
(c) Basic connectivity requirement, location awareness and troubleshooting.
(d) The following information is collected:
Start time
End time
Client MAC
Client IP Address
Client IPv6 Address
Core Type
MVNO Name
AP MAC
SSID
Bytes from Client
Bytes to Client
Packets from Client
Packets to Client
Dropped Packets from Client
Dropped Packets to Client
Information is stored on the server running the software. It is stored for three days, at which point the data is over-ridden.
(e) All users of the service must accept terms and conditions that notify the 3rd party that there is monitoring in place. Should they opt out, they cannot access the service.
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