The whole notion of "public service" seems to be dead. We now live in a world where the public are becoming increasingly alienated by the actions of arrogant bureaucrats --- like Hatton --- enforcing unpopular rules.
In this case, however, I believe the law is firmly on our side. This is my data. Their investigations are complete. There is no reason whatsoever why they should continue to hold my data --- except for the fact that they seem to consider themselves to be above the law, while paradoxically enforcing it.
Hatton writes:
From: Phill Hatton
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:29:11 -0400
To: Craig Walsh
Cc: "Armitage, Judy (CS, Consumer Relations)"
Subject: Re: Message is infected : FW: Possible False Positive [KLAB-6484187]
All on Craig WALSH's distribution list.
I have replied to Mr Walsh's question twice, on Friday and Monday. It appears he is not receiving my messages. This may be because my outgoing e-mail address is not the one he is sending messages to (this is a redundant old address, although I do get e-mail sent to it) or it could be for some other reason related to Mr Walsh's rather Heath Robinson computer network.
As I have quite openly stated in my witness statement and the two e-mails I currently hold two copies of all the data obtained from Lucies Farm and will delete it (securely) when Trading Standards tell me to.
The auto-run menu on the working CD (a copy of which Mr Walsh has) is sometimes reported as a virus by poorly configured AV systems, purely because it is an autorun file. Otherwise any viruses on the CD will have originated from the data recovered from Mr Walsh's system (although my AV system did not identify any).
If Mr Walsh does not recieve this message I would be grateful if someone will inform him of this.
As I stated in my original e-mail all further messages from Mr Walsh on this matter should be directed to Trading Standards rather than me.
Also, to answer a question Mr Walsh put to the secretary of the F3 computer forensics organsation on Friday, my post nominals stand for the following:
TD = Territorial Decoration, BA (Hons) = Bachelor of Arts (Honours), MTSI = Member of the Trading Standards Institute, MBCS = Member of the British Computer Society and DTS =Diploma in Trading Standards. Presumably Mr Walsh will now telephone these organisations and attempt to get them to confirm that I am a member. He is perfectly free to do so if he wants to waste his time.
Regards
Phill Hatton
and:
From: Phill Hatton
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:45:51 -0400
To: Craig Walsh
Cc: "Dell, John (ES, TSS)"
Subject: Re: Possible Virus in CD-ROM Provided to Lucies Farm Ltd.
All on Mr Walsh's distribution list (except, it appears, Mr Walsh)
Mr Walsh's assumption that I operate from a domestic premises is false (although I once did and there is no particular reason why I should not, providing security is adequate). I in fact operate from a business premises and this is where the data is currently stored. My low profile on Internet search engines is a deliberate policy to enhance security.
The screen capture from his AV software below shows that his AV issue is with the autorun.exe file on the CD. This is absolutely not a virus.
Regards
Phill Hatton
In my opinion, the "Heath Robinson" comment is a bit rich coming from someone whose business earned Stg 7,649.00 in 2007 based upon the last set of published accounts. Pretty rich comig from a computer forensic expert who hasn't bothered to register under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Pretty rich coming from someone who doesn't even have his own e-mail domain, but instead uses a bulldog-office.com e-mail address.
Nothing wrong with operating from residential premises? What about the minor little detail of planning permission?
In our "Heath Robinson" world, we have a dedicated and managed Linux server in the States for our web content, and a dedicated and managed Microsoft Exchange mail server. Why didn't I receive Hatton's messages?
Because they were identified as spam.
And they're about as worthless as spam.
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