My FoI request had this statement attached:
Quote:
* Some of the information provided to us by BT was done so on
the basis that it was confidential at that time, and remains so. The
primary reason for this is where commercial sensitivities and interests
are at stake, and also in relation to the first complaint we received
from a member of the public (referred to in the two letters that are
attached). This is particularly apparent by the pages attached to BT's
letter to the ICO of 9 May that have been deleted in their entirety, and
are marked 'deleted'. Where this is the case this information has been
withheld in reliance on section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000, which applies to information that has been provided to the public
authority in confidence, and the disclosure of that information to the
public by the public authority holding it would constitute an actionable
breach of confidence.
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The document referred to is
BT letter to ICO 9/5/08
It is unclear what the two deleted pages actually referred to but the BT letter revolves around BT and Phorm's legal advice that was 'sought' prior to both trials and references to complaints from the public. I would infer the deletions were in some way connected to the complainants.