I've just received an email from my ISP, BT Yahoo, informing me of changes to T&C. To be honest I'm not sure what has changed and what stays the same. I did however, notice the following comment.
We may take instructions from a person who we think, with good reason, is acting with your permission.
That looks eminently sensible to me. Last year, another arm of BT refused to accept a Switch payment from me for Jimmy's father's phonebill, because it was breaching the Data Protection Act - despite the fact that I had in front of me his name, address, customer account number and outstanding amount, and was giving them my bank details, and asking them no questions. So I had to take time out to go to the bank and pay by cheque, absolutely no difference in substance.
On the other hand, the other day I rang up the Tube to report Jimmy's Oyster Card as lost. They were quite happy to deal with me, understanding that that's how people organise their lives. Sure, she felt the need to ask him his security word, even though I was able to provide it, but overall I felt they dealt with it sensibly (And she laughed when I said he had lost it within days of buying it - that's usually the way, she said.
I also notice the ISP T&C prevent
to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, or use any material which is offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing
So, that's the end to my abusive, indecent and defamatory blogging. I don't think its obscene under English Law and rarely menacing.
Seriously, one would assume that action is only taken in the event of material that a 'reasonable person on the Clapham omnibus would deem...', but still, one man's meat is another man's poison.
