What a BUNCH of BS! I just got this email back from the PM Petitions Web Team:
Hi,
I'm sorry to inform you that your petition has been rejected.
Your petition was classed as being in the following categories:
* Duplicate - this is similar to and/or overlaps with an
existing petition or petitions
Further information: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ispphorm/
If you wish to edit and resubmit your petition, please follow
the following link:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BTCrimina...hKUBpe7FzAMWa4
You have four weeks in which to do this, after which your
petition will appear in the list of rejected petitions.
Your petition reads:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to: 'Order the
Home Office to initiate criminal proceedings against BT for
their secret trial of Phorm in July 2007'
BT have admitted to running secret trials of Phorm technology
in July 2007 and have further admitted to lying to the media,
press and their customers when questioned about this at the
time.
In carrying out this trial without receiving consent from their
customers and the web sites they visited, BT appear to be in
criminal breach of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
2000; as this (as defined by the Act) is classified as an
Unlawful Interception.
The number of counts for this offence potentially runs into
millions dependent on how many communications they intercepted
over the period of the trial.
Whether the data was discarded or anonymised after the fact is
irrelevant and does not alter the fact that all these
interceptions were in fact Unlawful as defined by the Act.
-- the ePetitions team
How the hell is my petition -anything- like the original ISPPHORM petition? Not impressed at all. My petition is asking for direct action by the Home Office to start criminal proceedings against BT, the ISPPHORM petition is asking the government to intervene and stop Phorm from being deployed. The two are both very very different in their goals and purpose.
Time to go on a ranting spree...
Alexander Hanff
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My reply:
Hello,
I think you actually need to read the ISPPHORM petition. It is completely different in its purpose to the petition I added on Friday; my petition is asking the PM to ask the Home Office to initiate criminal proceedings against BT for running criminally illegal trials of Phorm in July 2007, the ISPPHORM petition has the purpose of asking the PM to stop Phorm from being deployed in UK ISPs -in the future-. They are both entirely different.
I have published your response on the following URL:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34...-post1951.html
I can guarantee you it is going to cause an absolute outrage and I will personally be writing to the PM himself by registered post to complain about the decision to reject this petition. It amounts to nothing more than trying to protect BT executives from prosecution and it WILL NOT be tolerated. Could I ask you how many shares of BT, Talk Talk, Virgin Media and Phorm you have in your stock portfolio or do I need to put in a Freedom of Information Act Request for those details?
Sincerely
Alexander Hanff