[AlexanderHanff]

Just an update on the PIA for everyone.

I had an interesting 2 hour discussion with Simon Davies on the telephone yesterday (he left the country again this morning for the second part of his UN work and was only back in the UK for 3 days).

I explained to him that I had seen the final PIA via Baroness Miller on Wednesday and he was actually quite taken aback. He explained to me that while there have been some recent drafts they were still waiting for confirmation that it is factually accurate and as such have not officially released a final version to Phorm (although he did state that the final version may not be any different to the current draft).

So it would seem Phorm are pushing a draft document to politicians and claiming it is the final complete version of the document. I will allow you all to draw your own conclusions.

Just a follow up too regarding Baroness Miller, in my discussions with her on Wednesday, as you all know she made it clear that Kent has been basically bad mouthing me to every politician he comes across. Baroness Miller said to me on Wednesday (and this is not a verbatim quote just general context, I didn't record the conversation):

Baroness: "It seems to me all you are asking is that the system be made opt-in as required under the law?"

Me: "Yes exactly, but that needs to be extended to content providers too as under RIPA all parties must give their consent."

Baroness: "Well I don't understand why Phorm think you are being unreasonable, it seems perfectly reasonable to me that you would demand the system be opt-in because that is what is required under law. I don't understand why they don't simply do that."

I then when on to explain that my belief as to their reasoning is that if they use Opt-In it destroys their business plan because in order to reach the revenues they need they need an Opt-Out model to guarantee numbers.

Alexander Hanff