Emei Number

[scattman57]

the company that i work for frequently asking all of the work force both staff and shopfloor workers for updates on there emei numbers to there phones for security reasons
i am sure that i read somewhere it was against the data protections act to give it out as it is a number that issued by the phone contract or network provider to yourself and cannot be given out to company or anyone else sekking it without your permission
am i right or not
thanx

[factor-fiction]

Are these company phones or private phones?
Have they said why they need them? I can't see any reason why they'd want it. Just say you haven't got one

[balliali]

http://forums.meteor.ie/t5/Other-phone-manufacturers/Never-post-your-IMEI-number-on-the-web/td-p/36899

[Old_Geezer]

Unsure about the law but as ff implies, if it is a company phone then they can surely know their own phone IEMIs even if assigned to you. They should have noted them before handing them out. If it is your personal phone I reckon they have no right asking.

[Old_Geezer]

Unsure about the argument in that link. All the IMEI does is identify a handset, they still need to clone your SIM, and then it's unlikely the service provider wouldn't spot an issue with 2 identical SIMs on the network.

[EdmundD]

Maybe it's to put the numbers on Immobilise.com. We have our EMEI numbers stored there. If the police do a stop and search or search a premises they can check the EMEI number of any phones they find to check who is the registered owner. If stolen they will then get the phone back to the owner.

[Hypognosis]

Here's another thread on this subject.
One poster reckons that it could be used maliciously, to "brick" your phone. :-/

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1795160

There's a post mentioning Brisbane & Sydney and the story there was that the employer only wanted to put the IMEI on the list of the company's assets.

So the response to "give us your IMEIs" should be "can I choose which brand of phone you're going to give me "

;-)