I would. But I have the builders in at present and my stress levels are already high. Mind you, what can a stamp hurt! And I can get a donation to the charity my mother supported at http://www.justgiving.com/connie_trent Yes, why not! It's only a stamp and an envelope! Nigel Roberts wrote: > This is why the law-makers provided a civil remedy in the hands of the > consumer. > > i.e. they recognised that a regulator would be swamped, and allowed > you to claim nominal damaes (£50 per Douglas v Hello) directly. > > Go for them! > > > > Tim Trent wrote: >> I have just received another cold call form another company that >> ignores TPS registrations - Saint John Security Installations Ltd of >> Coventry. Google provided this link: http://tinyurl.com/5ww2no I've >> always been suspicious of folks to telesell burglar alarms >> >> I filled out the PECR complaint document and sent it to the UKIC. >> When I got to the end I read: >> >> /"I have read 'The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations >> - When and how to complain' leaflet and understand that you have no >> powers to punish an organisation for any likely breach of the >> regulations and that you cannot award compensation."/ >> >> The compensation part, yes, ok. But they can't punish anyone! >> >> Oh glory. Oh joy, oh rapture, oh why the dickens do any of us even >> bother to get out of bed each day? >> >> So what CAN the UKIC do? Can he slap them in the face with a wet >> fish? What the heck do we pay for here? Good grief! What imbecile >> allowed a law that has no remedy to reach the statute books? What in >> blistering blue blazes is going on? >> >> Please pass me a stepladder, I am on my high horse again, and I >> probably need to dismount! > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > All archives of messages are stored permanently and are > available to the world wide web community at large at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html > If you wish to leave this list please send the command > leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] > All user commands can be found at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm > Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the > list owner > [log in to unmask] > Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your > needs > To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: > SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] > (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Tim Trent* - Consultant */Tel/*: +44 (0)7710 126618 */web/*: ComplianceAndPrivacy.com <http://complianceandprivacy.com> - where busy executives go to find the news first */personal blog/*: timtrent.blogspot.com/ <http://timtrent.blogspot.com/> Marketing by Permission <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/MarketingByPermission/%7E6/1> *Important*: This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. This email and any attachment(s) are believed to be virus-free, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to make all the necessary virus checks. This email and any attachments to it are copyright of Meadowood Associates, owners of Compliance And Privacy, unless otherwise stated. Their copying, transmission, reproduction in whole or in part may only be undertaken with the express permission, in writing, of Meadowood Associates, at Meadowood House, 30 Redditch, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TT. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^