Glyn Wintle, 19 April 2009
Dear Mr CooperSource: BERR Department for Buisness and Enterprise & Regulatory ReformThank you for your request of 14 April 2009 for information
You asked that:
In light of the EU action against the UK government on Phorm technology, Phorm have made public statements that BERR have officially endorsed their technology and webwise product. I quote..."Phorm's technology is fully compliant with UK legislation and relevant EU directives. This has been confirmed by BERR and by the UK regulatory authorities and we note that there is no suggestion to the contrary in the EU Commission's statement today."
Please provide a copy of the official BERR statement provided to Phorm that states that their technology is fully compliant and details of the actual legislation that BERR believes the technology complies with.
An examination of our paper and electronic records has not revealed any such material.
To add further clarification for your information, BERR has never provided any such statement to Phorm and has never confirmed to company "that theri technology is fully compliant". A public statement was issued by the Department on 16 September which I have copied below for your convenience;
