[Nottingham] Password locked Word files

Nick Leverton nick at leverton.org
Sat Feb 11 16:50:06 UTC 2012


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:42:04AM +0000, Jason Irwin wrote:
> This morning I decided to lodge a complaint with the ICO over some spam
> a certain company keeps sending me despite repeated requests to get removed.
> 
> The process is simple enough.  Download the form, fill it out, return.
> One problem.
> The form is a Word .doc and password locked.  WTF?
> 
> LibreOffice opens the file OK, but obviously I can't fill it in.  Are
> there any cunning ruses to by-pass the password?

Print it out, fill it in, post it to the ICO's commissioner in person
recorded delivery.

> And a complaint has been fired off the the ICO.

i hope you filled the form in correctly ...

Nick



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