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My friend is trying to ascertain if a form completed online was done so by her ex. If he completed an online form on a website on his phone (contract phone) using 3G connection, could that form be traced back to him having completed it? If so is it an easy thing to do? could she do this? or would it be a Police remit and if so is it something easy for the Police to do? Here is the senerio- a vindictive ex trying to wind her up. Sent (she thinks it was him) anonymous complaints letter to her work claiming incompetence (work totally ignored it), then she receives a pack in the post thanking her for her enquiry into pre paid funeral plans. Only issue here, as a friend, firstly I think, is really although shitty, there is no crime per se here. Secondly, in the UK with Police budgets as they are and with new data protection laws recently come in, will they go to the lengths to contact the funeral plan company to see if they have records, cross reference those to a ISP and then go to the ISP to track the device it came from? For major crimes or terrorism, yes, for this?...however, that said I do not know if this is actually something that is mega easy to do and if the Police can do it at the click of a button. Advice if possible?

Martina
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  • Check the browser history on the phone to see if the website containing the form was visited. Perhaps the history will also show that the form was visited, but it is doubtful to know if it was filled out and submitted. – Jeroen Jun 08 '18 at 18:14

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In a word, Yes

All connections you make to the internet are through an ISP who most likly has a record of the device you connected from and what servers you connected too.

CaffeineAddiction
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    The website the form was submitted to may also have relevant logs. – AndrolGenhald Jun 08 '18 at 18:52
  • While it is technically possible, it's very unlikely that OP would have access to that, even with police. – forest Jun 09 '18 at 04:36
  • Op, most likely not ... Police with a warrant maybe ... a court subpoena signed by a Judge definitely. This has been done for bittorrent claims by the RIAA in the past, depending on the seriousness of the case ... it could happen. – CaffeineAddiction Jun 09 '18 at 05:12