We have all heard the saying "Ignorance of the law is no excuse", what about when its the law that is feigning ignorance ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/home_office_phorm_bt_foi_dates/ BT's long-held claim that legal advice said its Phorm trials did not breach wiretapping laws came under renewed scrutiny today, as documents revealed the firm approached government experts after it had secretly co-opted 18,000 broadband customers into the advertising targeting system.
Papers obtained from the Home Office under the Freedom of Information Act show that the department was first contacted about Phorm on 15 November 2006. The first secret trial of the system conducted by BT Retail ran between 23 September and 6 October that year.
BT's initial approach was followed by further emails to civil servants on 7 December 2006 and 23 January 2007. The content of the correspondence are being kept secret by officials, who cite confidentiality exemptions under FOIA. The Home Office is currently conducting an internal review of that embargo
It would be nice if the police speeded up their investigations and held BT to account for their interception crime, criminals must be dealt with in a reasonably fast manner even if they are corporate crooks with billions to waste on lawyers.
