[Dephormation]

Originally Posted by Portly_Giraffe

Apologies for the length of this post. Please comment on this critique for accuracy, let me know if I've missed any points or am making any spurious points. Or indeed if anything could be expressed more effectively. And typos of course. Thanks. PG.

Some other thoughts;

• BT made no attempt to measure the economic impact on customers (how could they? it was done secretly and anonymously). The ICO simply accepted their assurance that there was no economic impact. The value of privacy/security is intangible; it is priceless. I don't recall reading an economic threshold in the DPA.
• BT didn't do an adequate risk assessment, they didn't even warn customers, or the Home Office. In the process BT would have profiled people who for personal reasons, or career reasons, might have been placed in jeopardy. ICO have ignored this, claiming it would have been too difficult to communicate to customers.
• ICO have not consulted with independent IT experts, or conducted an independent investigation. They even go as far as saying; "We've worked with BT and Phorm and we are not going to take any punitive action at this stage" which is hardly independent regulation at its finest.

So many things. So many many things.

Richard Thomas must resign, before he allows this outrage to happen again.

And BT must be prosecuted.