EU says URLS and Search Terms _are_ PECR data

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:18:42 +0100


In article <9C21C433-0ECF-4AF4-B869-564CC3E9C3CA@ian.co.uk>, Ian Mason 
<ian@ian.co.uk> writes
>the 'phorming' is *incidental* to the transmission. A test of necessity 
>would be "does the transmission occur without the item in question?". 
>Well, obviously it does because the existing systems, pre- phorming, 
>successfully transmit information.

I'm not so sure about that test. Emails are still transmitted even 
without virus checkers being deployed (eg at ISPs on the receiving end).
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Roland Perry