New Posts For Thread: Strange warning from betfairhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfairReceived this email about data usage but I've been using betfair a lot less lately, often not logging in for days at a time. Anyone else got something like this?"HelloThis e-mail is an early warning about your recent levels of live Exchange market dalongbridge I was really driving at that the impression given is that they are devoting far too much resources to the issue if they are investigating why someone with modest data usage (my automated betting only activated one minute prior to publishedhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553173857#553173857longbridge I was really driving at that the impression given is that they are devoting far too much resources to the issue if they are investigating why someone with modest data usage (my automated betting only activated one minute prior to publishedSun, 03 Dec 2017 05:24:52 -0600Worth checking recent login IPs (in security I recall) to see if someone else has been using your account to access data.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553161215#553161215Worth checking recent login IPs (in security I recall) to see if someone else has been using your account to access data.Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:47:14 -0600"obsessed with data usage for some reason"I'd say two reasons - one, that data usage costs them money to service and two, that, as the email alludes, they sell data to commercial users so don't want the same slurping it for free.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553157905#553157905"obsessed with data usage for some reason"I'd say two reasons - one, that data usage costs them money to service and two, that, as the email alludes, they sell data to commercial users so don't want the same slurping it for free.Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:14:49 -0600I was doing an automated system using excel/gruss and my normal betting using geekstoy and I got an email asking why I was using both. So I would conclude that they are obsessed with data usage for some reason.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553157603#553157603I was doing an automated system using excel/gruss and my normal betting using geekstoy and I got an email asking why I was using both. So I would conclude that they are obsessed with data usage for some reason.Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:35:43 -0600I would agree with that if I hadn't canceled my Gruss subscription and not even logged on to Betfair via Gruss for 5 months.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553154691#553154691I would agree with that if I hadn't canceled my Gruss subscription and not even logged on to Betfair via Gruss for 5 months.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:33:55 -0600@TheBaronI think that is not only noticed, but the very thing that is noticed; if you're consuming a lot of data, they expect you to be placing a lot of bets. If you're placing no bets, they'll assume you're using the data for a commercial puprosehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553154459#553154459@TheBaronI think that is not only noticed, but the very thing that is noticed; if you're consuming a lot of data, they expect you to be placing a lot of bets. If you're placing no bets, they'll assume you're using the data for a commercial puproseWed, 29 Nov 2017 11:32:41 -0600Got a similar email about being a commercial user seemingly on the grounds that I must be if I use Gruss. The fact that I hadn't placed a bet for 5 months seemed to go unnoticed.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553154155#553154155Got a similar email about being a commercial user seemingly on the grounds that I must be if I use Gruss. The fact that I hadn't placed a bet for 5 months seemed to go unnoticed.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:20:57 -0600I was stunned to receive a similar email a few years ago when using Gruss with excel. I left it on 'auto market load' recording price changes with a VBA script for analysis, but wasn't betting at that time. They don't like you polling live data is whhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553153185#553153185I was stunned to receive a similar email a few years ago when using Gruss with excel. I left it on 'auto market load' recording price changes with a VBA script for analysis, but wasn't betting at that time. They don't like you polling live data is whWed, 29 Nov 2017 05:31:47 -0600Similar thread on Horse Racing forum:http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30961775/email-from-betfair-wtf-is-this-about---only-click-on-prices-max-10-times-a-dayhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553131689#553131689Similar thread on Horse Racing forum:http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30961775/email-from-betfair-wtf-is-this-about---only-click-on-prices-max-10-times-a-dayThu, 23 Nov 2017 17:43:28 -0600"Your data usage profile is consistent with a commercial user."What exactly is a "commercial user"? Do they think I'm a bookie?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30962167/strange-warning-from-betfair?post_id=553131613#553131613"Your data usage profile is consistent with a commercial user."What exactly is a "commercial user"? Do they think I'm a bookie?Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:27:13 -0600