Fallout from BT sends unencrypted data

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Surprised that there is nothing about this:- 
 High court grants BT customer data delayBT granted adjournment to delay passing of private customer to UK law firm
Chief master Winegarten allows adjournment in high-profile BT customer data case.
BT has today been granted a stay of execution in its bid to challenge attempts of rights holders to obtain personal details about customers without convincing evidence of illicit file sharing.
Chief master Winegarten granted BT an adjournment to a court order brought by solicitors' firm Gallant Macmillan, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Sound, which would have required the broadband provider to hand over the personal details of hundreds of its customers accused of sharing copyrighted content.
BT, the UK's largest broadband provider, said it would challenge such court orders until the rights holder and law firm can prove that accusations of illegal file sharing have "some basis". BT raised concerns about the customer-tracking methods employed on behalf of firms such as Gallant Macmillan and ACS:Law last week as the personal details of thousands of broadband users – including at least 316 customers of the BT-owned internet service provider Plusnet – suspected of sharing copyrighted content were leaked online in the aftermatch of an attack on the website of ACS:Law.
BT told the Guardian: "The incident involving the ACS:Law data leak has further damaged people's confidence in the current process.
"We're pleased that the court has agreed to an adjournment so that our concerns can be examined by the court, this will then act as a precedent/test case for the future.
"We want to ensure broadband subscribers are adequately protected so that rights holders can pursue their claims for copyright infringement without causing unnecessary worry to innocent people. We have not simply consented to these orders in the past, we have asked for stricter terms as public concern has risen. The data leak with ACS:Law prompted us to take further action today.
"We are also seeking a moratorium on outstanding applications and orders."
Most, if not all, of the Internet service providers served with court orders brought by ACS:Law have now said they will challenge the obligation to disclose customer data to law firms, prompting fresh spotlight on the disputed evidence-gathering techniques used to prove that a broadband user has shared copyrighted material. Michael Forrester, of Manchester-based Ralli solicitors, told the Guardian that the current system of proving illicit sharing is "fraught with problems". He said: "Dependence on an IP addresses to target infringers appears to cause many false positive identifications, as the current situation seems to highlight. The vast majority of the people who had contacted us say they are entirely innocent of downloading the material alleged and believe they have cogent arguments to support this."
Hundreds of broadband users accused of sharing copyrighted content by ACS:Law are preparing for coordinated legal against the London-based law firm, which has had more than 200 complaints made against it to consumer watchdog Which?. Those contemplating the action say they have been wrongly identified as breaking the law and that the pursuit of them classifies as harassment.
The Information Commissioner is investigating the data breach which led to the public exposure of thousands of customers' private information. If it is determined that the exposure was the result of ACS:Law's own data security shortcomings, rather than the fault of external hackers, the Information Commissioner could levy a £500,000 fine on the law firm.

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24-Jul-2006
08:43 PM
trisman wrote:
I'm trying to transfer contacts from an N80 to a N70 via BT.Seems I need to do this from the N70? (There doesn't seem to be a way of transferring the contacts data FROM either device!!)
The N70 sends the N80 a files called DataMover.SiS which the N80 can't open.
I can't get the devices to sync with each other using bluetooth, regardless of which 'phone the attempt is made from...
The N70 had the very latest firmware (V5.0609.2.1) and is unbranded, the N80 was recently flashed to FW V3.0617.0.6 from the earlier FW (V2.something?) and is locked to Orange.
What is really annoying is that I managed to send the contacts from the N80 to the N70 BEFORE I upgraded the N80's firmware, but I can't remember how I did it!!
(The fact that I was previously able to transfer the N80 stuff to the N70 was the reason I didn't worry about loosing contacts when I had the N70 unbranded & the FW flashed!! D'oh!).
Is this just something I'm doing wrong or is this still an unresolved Bluetooth issue with the N80??
BTW, the latest FW on the N70 seems to have stopped it falling over & dying when trying to use TomTom Sat Nav..!
There is a way i've done it and it works.
This is what to do;
make sure you N80 is factory rest - like new doesn't have to be but that's how I did it.
[b]Then send the transfer request FROM the N80 to the N70 and done![/b]