“Hi Richard

Thanks for removing the details. The reason for asking her phone number to be removed is simply because people calling that number would only be told by the receptionist to email to be removed anyway (so saving them a cost of a wasted phonecall if nothing else).

I should be able to help you with most of your questions, leave it with me and I’ll get back to you shortly.

Best wishes, ”

Please note no alternative number has been offered yet! But At least its a step forward in the right direction.

Ric

Not sure why they demanded you remove the 118800 representatives data .. they are public and on the net .. so what legal basis did they make such a demand. Check out 123people.co.uk for details of Shona Forster (now they can ask you to remove her name as she has taken steps to make her name and role public – e.g. appearing on BBC)

The fact is that everyone has the right to ask 118800 – free of charge -to verify if the company is holding their personal data for the purposes of the directory and either to have that data corrected or withdrawn (essentially removed). This is under regulation 18(5) of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. The same regs (18) also require the party collecting your data for the purposes of a directory to make you aware of this intention and to give you and opportunity to determine if you wanted an entry or not. This is also required under the Data Protection Act 1998.

readers may be interested in this letter from the Assistant Information Commissioner Phl Jones to the MP John F Spellar concerning the ICOs involvement with Connectivity. http://iwc2.labouronline.org/165135/uploads/9beb0cbc-366a-f264-f9d1-d499a6b5dc24.pdf or http://tweetmeme.com/bar/110974930
People should ask the ICO why it’s taken them nearly two years of engagement with connectivity to demand evidence of compliance!

Dear Sir,

You recently contacted me and asked me to remove 118800′s phone number from my site. I’ve complied with your request as an act of good faith towards you and your client. However I’d like to invite 118800 to answer a few questions which currently concern a lot of internet users who read my blog. The open letter can be found here:

http://dev.squarecows.com/2009/07/14/an-open-letter-to-118800/

We’d love to hear from you and hopefully you’ll be able to alleviate some of our concerns, and inform us of how we can best protect our data, rather than users having to find out the information themselves.

Regards
Richard Harvey
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http://dev.squarecows.co