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From: Phillip Main
22 June 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/video/22444...
http://media.vnu.net/editor/cmsmedia/pre...
The above are links to a video interview with Kent Ertugrul and
Mark Burgess of Phorm.
In the interview Mr. Kent Ertugrul the CEO of Phorm makes the
following statement,referring to emails obtained from the Home
Office in a previous request.
"No. they weren't asking for advice about behavioural advertising.
We went to er the government to er to make sure that everything
that we did ahem absolutely legal, and in order to do that we had
to explain to them how our system worked and there was some
correpondence between us, er, where we explained to them how it
worked and they gave us back their opinion, which is that its
absolutely legal."
Please supply copies of any correspondence between the Home Office
and Phorm which substantiates the statement that the government
gave the opinion that Phorm was 'absolutely legal'
A transcript of the video is available at,
https://nodpi.orgforumindex.phptopic,161...
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Main
From: Lister Ian
Home Office
26 June 2009
Dear Mr. Main,
Please find attached a letter acknowledging receipt of your FoIA request
concerning Phorm.
Sincere regards,
Ian Lister
Information Access Consultant
Information Management Service
Home Office
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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.
From: Phillip Main
22 July 2009
Dear Ian,
Your reply to may request is now overdue please respond asap
Yours sincerely,
Phillip Main
From: Lister Ian
Home Office
22 July 2009
Mr. Main,
I am no longer handling your request on behalf of the department. I will
speak with my colleagues and ask them to get in contact with you.
Sincere regards,
Ian Lister
Information Access Consultant
Information Access Team
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