[AlexanderHanff]

New petition added:

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 2006/2007'

BT have admitted to running secret trials of Phorm technology
between 23 September and 6 October 2006 and July 2007. They
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 trials.

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.

Even members of the House of Lords want answers on this issue,
see Earl of Northesk:

http://www.publications.parliament.u...d/ldcumlst.htm