ICO respond to questions about Phorm's registration

Roger Hird ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:49:21 +0100


In article <298c5f970904091016x483676c0n5a95fabe4aaabb20@mail.gmail.com>,
   Alexander Hanff <no2dpi@googlemail.com> wrote:
> As I said on our forums, I doubt there is a way to argue this with the
> ICO as a: they have made it clear they are not interested in taking any
> enforcement action for the illegal trials; and b: the law is worded in
> such a broad way, meaning the ICO can basically interpret it any way
> that suits them.

Hmm, in the old days there used to be a writ - certiorari (? - I'm not a
lawyer - it's still in use in the USA) which you could use to make an
official/official body justify its decisions before a court - I guess it
would be judicial review nowadays here - but it wouldn't come free, I
guess.

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Roger Hird
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