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Paul Hancocks
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This person's 22 Freedom of Information requests
Phorm and Cabinet Office Involvement
Refused.
by Cabinet Office to Paul Hancocks on 2 August 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr. Hancocks,
Please see attached a response to your Internal Review. Please accept my
sincere apologies for the delay in our response....
Decision not to allow prosecution of BT for illegal Phorm Webwise interception of communications, on thousands of customers
Refused.
by Crown Prosecution Service to Paul Hancocks on 16 May 2011.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hancocks
Please find my response attached.
Regards
D. Martindale
Information Management Unit
Mr P Hancocks
[1][email...
Meetings/Ongoing Discussions with TalkTalk re Anti-Malware Service
Successful.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to Paul Hancocks on 7 February 2011.
Successful.
Link: [1]File-List
07 February 2011
Case Reference Number IRQ0368595
Dear Mr Hancocks
I am writing further to our email dated 12 Janua...
We were recently successful in challenging a Home Office rejection of a similar request as "vexatious".
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/malwar...
Communication between Home Office and others re Phorm July to October 2008
Partially successful.
by Home Office to Paul Hancocks on 9 February 2010.
Partially successful.
Communication regarding Phorm
Partially successful.
by Ministry of Justice to Paul Hancocks on 12 January 2010.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hancocks,
Please find attached the final response in relation to your recent request
for information.
Kind regards,
Roshnee
Ros...
Communication regarding Phorm & BT Webwise
Partially successful.
actually it seems it becomes a 'criminal offence' with a potential jail time served option to the UK bench,when the copyright infringing act is perfor...
Email re Phorm (Dave Evans to Jane Chelliah Manning)
Successful.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to Paul Hancocks on 15 December 2009.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hancocks
A response to your follow up enquiry was sent to you on 2 December 2009 but on your original request.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com...
Letters from/to BT to/from David Hendon
Request to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 5 December 2009.
Successful.
Interesting choice of words from the Gov department to BT in that letter...
"However, speaking in general terms, Ministers are taking a close intere...
ICO Description of Investigation of BT Trial of Phorm Webwise in 2006 and/or 2007
Successful.
by Information Commissioner’s Office to Paul Hancocks on 2 December 2009.
Successful.
Link: [1]File-List
2nd December 2009
Case Reference Number IRQ0274676
Dear Mr Hancocks
Please find attached as requested a copy of the o...
Communications/Involvement of Legal Resource Management (LRM) in the Phorm issue
Refused.
by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to Paul Hancocks on 26 November 2009.
Refused.
<<Letter from Philip Rutnam to Mr P Hancocks, dated 26 November 2009 re
Internal Review Freedom of Information case 09 1532>>
Dear Mr Hancocks
Th...
Comunication regarding Phorm and the EU response in Sept 2008
Successful.
by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to Paul Hancocks on 19 November 2009.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hancocks
Please accept my apologies. This is a large document and I have had
problems getting it to go through the Department's gateway.
Hop...
Regarding email from BT to David Hendon (BR2) time/date stamped 18:01hrs 23/04/2008
Information not held.
by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to Paul Hancocks on 26 October 2009.
Information not held.
Dear Mr Hancocks
Thank you for your Freedom of Information enquiry.
Please see the attached reply.
Yours sincerely
Patrick Balchin
<<Reply to...
Details of the meeting at 1 Victoria Street, 10:30am 5th Aug 2008 (re Phorm)
Request to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by P. John on 20 October 2009.
Partially successful.
There are details of the timeline surrounding these events here;
http://www.badphorm.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?12746.last
The Sep...
Downing Street Petition Website & Phorm Claim
Successful.
At the time of writing the following Wikipedia page includes a link to this request in its list of references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorm
Contact between Downing Street Website Managers and Phorm re Petition and StopPhoulPlay website
Partially successful.
We can only assume that Phorm did not tell the truth on their www.StopPhoulPlay.com website
Who are Phorm? A business partner of BT Retail who prov...
Website 'Take Down Notice' issued to Phorm?
Information not held.
by Prime Minister’s Office to Paul Hancocks on 12 June 2009.
Information not held.
Dear Mr Hancocks,
Please find attached response to your recent freedom of information
request.
Kind regards,
Yasmine Edwards
FOI Team...
Letter from Telecoms European Commissioner Viviane Reding's Office
Refused.
by Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to Paul Hancocks on 14 March 2009.
Refused.
I am away from the office now until Monday morning (10am GMT). Please
note that e-mails are not being forwarded and I will look at your message
on m...
Granting of Authority for the use of Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus
Successful.
by Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to Paul Hancocks on 26 February 2009.
Successful.
Dear Paul,
No. Apart from the Lawful Business Practice issue, authority for such
interceptions can only come from the Home Secretary.
I hope this is...
Authority given for Wireless Telegraphy Interception for Commercial Gain?
Successful.
by Home Office to Paul Hancocks on 19 February 2009.
Successful.
Reference : T3091/9
Thank you for your e-mail enquiry of 17/02/2009 20:41:48
A reply is attached.
Request re the EU letter of 6th October 2008 re Phorm/BT Webwise
Refused.
by Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to Paul Hancocks on 11 December 2008.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hancocks
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request that was received by the
Department on 21 November 2008.
Please find the reply...
Meeting with BT and 'Line Taken' in the response to the EU Commission
Information not held.
by Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to Paul Hancocks on 27 October 2008.
Information not held.
<<Reply to Paul Hancocks from Patrick Balchin sent 2.doc>>
Dear Mr Hancocks
I am replying to your request for information made on 19 October 2008....
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Phorm and Cabinet Office Involvement
Refused.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/decisionnotices/2011/fs_50318536.ashx
The Commissioner’s decision is that the [Cabinet Office] incorrectly c...
Well I am not part of a campaign. I stopped contributing to websites that were set up when Phorm was active a long time ago and yet my request for sim...
Communication regarding Phorm & BT Webwise
Request to Office of Communications by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 15 December 2009.
Partially successful.
Whilst I have not read all the content of this reply, it's quite ironic to see even a reference to this:
"Please ensure that when using the provided...
Meetings with Detica in the last month
Partially successful.
This is something I find interesting. This FOI request is about Detica (a "Phorm-Like" company), and is there any coincidence in the fact that I cann...
Letters from/to BT to/from David Hendon
Request to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 5 December 2009.
Successful.
Interesting choice of words from the Gov department to BT in that letter...
"However, speaking in general terms, Ministers are taking a close intere...
Communication between MoJ and ICO regarding Phorm/121Media
Partially successful.
Well I never, they released something. Ok, it is of limited content, but it at least confirms the date of one meeting which may have been secret unti...
Contact between Downing Street Website Managers and Phorm re Petition and StopPhoulPlay website
Partially successful.
We can only assume that Phorm did not tell the truth on their www.StopPhoulPlay.com website
Who are Phorm? A business partner of BT Retail who prov...
Contact between Downing Street Website Managers and Phorm re Petition and StopPhoulPlay website
Partially successful.
We can only assume that Phorm did not tell the truth on their www.StopPhoulPlay.com website
Who are Phorm? A business partner of BT Retail who prov...
I notice the reply stated this:
"You also asked for disclosure of correspondence
between this department and other UK
departments contributi...
Mike Galvin (BT): Informed ICO Every Step of the Way
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by P. John. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 10 July 2009.
Information not held.
I think we know what the answers will tell us... I suspect Mike Galvin of BT said something which is not factually correct.
Interestingly, in connect...
Downing Street Petition Website & Phorm Claim
Successful.
An interesting response providing all the information I requested because it is all the information I expected the team at Downing Street to have.
N...
PageSense technical trial report.
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Phillip Main. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 13 May 2009.
Successful.
It seems a bit odd that ICO did not ask for a copy of the report about the trial of Phorm's system which intercepts and categorises all an internet us...
Downing Street Petition Website & Phorm Claim
Successful.
@ Francis - Thank you. I am very aware of what can be requested under FOI, and whilst I have always found that public bodies are very helpful when re...
Meetings with Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Phillip Main. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 29 April 2009.
Information not held.
Norman Lamont is a director of Phorm, a company who wish to install systems that enable snooping on internet usage. The Home Office has been accused...
Downing Street Petition Website & Phorm Claim
Successful.
One point of note for readers of this FOI request:
The petition on the Downing Street website clearly stated "IF found to breach UK or European priv...
missing statement from ICO website Phorm opt in
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Phillip Main. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 7 April 2009.
Successful.
Follow this up Mr Main! Request detailed documents. Like maybe such as this...
1) Please release the documented process for publishing statements on...
Granting of Authority for the use of Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus
Request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 17 February 2009.
Successful.
More here...
https://nodpi.org/forum/index.php/topic,857.msg8633.html#msg8633
And here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8404349737#/group.ph...
More here...
https://nodpi.org/forum/index.php/topic,857.msg8633.html#msg8633
And here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8404349737#/group.ph...
BERR response to EU on Phorm / BT trials
Request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform by I Cooper. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 9 December 2008.
Refused.
Hello, I'm just wondering how long a review is likely to take. Because of the awful actions of BT PLC in their interception of their customer's priva...
Request re the EU letter of 6th October 2008 re Phorm/BT Webwise
Request to Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform by Paul Hancocks. Annotated by Paul Hancocks on 20 November 2008.
Refused.
Normally an answer would be expected 1 month after the EU had requested it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/10/eu_phorm_again/
