Err.. that would be me.
Nick Landau wrote:
> There was the fellow though from the Channel Islands who recently won a
> small claim in the small claims court against a firm Media Logistics. He
> limited the size of his claim so that he could make the claim in the
> Small Claims Court.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/4562726.stm
>
> "Under new European laws, companies can be sued for sending unwanted
> e-mails."
> Nick Landau
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Broom, Doreen"
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> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] To Notify or Not to Notify, That is the
> question
>
>
> And I note from Computing magazine "UK admits failure on spam" - no
> prosecutions last year although it received 364 complaints. ICO states
> that it needs greater powers to tackle the problem effectively. It gets
> to the stage where you think especially with Customer First - what would
> really happen if we did share data throughout Departments...wrap on the
> knuckle or not.........
> It's when you get headlines like the above you feel as though you are
> banging your head against a brick wall i.e. trying to uphold the DP
> principles and then at the end of the day has DP any real clout.....
> Disillusioned or what!!! Never mind, it's Friday tomorrow.
> Doreen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent
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> Subject: To Notify or Not to Notify, That is the question
>
> I surrender.
>
> The UKIC has stated that he will go after those who do not notify. This
> is a strict liability offence, and easy to handle.
>
> But when one complains that an organisation both ignores TPS and is not
> notified one gets a reply talking about the fact that they may not need
> to have notified in the first place. And it appears that the casework
> and advice officer has not actually checked whether this ratbag of a
> timeshare selling organisation needs to notify or not.
>
> Instead he has passed them my phone number as the person who has
> complained about them! Sweet!
>
>
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