Phorm, RIPA, the ICO and the HO

[Richard Clayton]

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In article <Lg7xOlCre2KIFAY4@highwayman.com>, Richard Clayton
<richard@highwayman.com> writes (back on the 14th May)

>>Related material will hopefully become available because I made a wide-
>>ranging FOI request a few weeks ago...
>>
>>I must have managed to cast my net wide enough for the Home Office not
>>to be able to wriggle through by disclosing nothing exciting :) because
>>I have now had a holding letter that says that they have had to give
>>themselves a time extension:
>>
>>   <QUOTE>
>>   The information requested must be considered under the exemptions
>>   contained within sections 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the Act. In order to
>>   consider the public interest test fully we need to extend the 20
>>   working day response period, and now aim to respond by 12 May.
>>   </QUOTE>
>
>They have now written to me, in almost but not quite grammatical
>English, giving themselves another four weeks!

and behold, another letter:

     I am writing to say that we are not yet in a position to send
     you a substantive reply. We hope to respond by 8 July.

>FOI is not a quick process :(

My original request was made on the 11th March ...   Which means that by
the time they send me my answer (or flat refusal, who can tell?) I could
have been locked up for 42 days precisely 2.833333 times!

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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