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Many of the applications of Bluetooth will have important legal ramifications. Most importantly, the use of Bluetooth is an anathema to the UK and European data protection laws. When a visitor enters an office building, does he consent to his personal information (in particular his whereabouts) being transmitted throughout the building to all the companies that have offices there? Bluetooth enables this to be easily done.