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BT and Phorm escape prosecution

BT and Phorm escape prosecution

Crown prosecutors let partners off the hook.
Maggie Holland Apr 12 2011 10:45AM Security
BT scraps plans to use Phorm

BT scraps plans to use Phorm

BT has scrapped plans to use the Phorm Webwise system that tracks the internet habits of its customers.
Dan Raywood Jul 7 2009 11:07AM Security
Blocking Phorm won't stop it, warns privacy group

Blocking Phorm won't stop it, warns privacy group

A data protection group has warned that opting out of Phorm will not prevent the technology from processing data that users enter through web site search portals.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 28 2009 3:45PM Telco/ISP
Blocking Phorm won't stop it, warns privacy group

Blocking Phorm won't stop it, warns privacy group

A data protection group has warned that opting out of Phorm will not prevent the technology from processing data that users enter through web site search portals.
Rosalie Marshall Apr 28 2009 11:01AM Security
Wikimedia latest to shun Phorm

Wikimedia latest to shun Phorm

The Wikimedia Foundation has become the latest group to exclude the controversial Phorm advertising platform.
Shaun Nichols Apr 20 2009 11:44AM Security
Amazon says no to Phorm ad system

Amazon says no to Phorm ad system

Amazon has stated that it will not participate in trials of the Phorm advertising system, after a privacy group called for retailers to opt out.
David Neal Apr 16 2009 11:57AM Telco/ISP
EC takes UK and Phorm to task over privacy

EC takes UK and Phorm to task over privacy

The European Commission has sent an infringement notice to the United Kingdom Government over privacy oversights related to the use of Internet snooping technology from UK-based Phorm.
Brett Winterford Apr 15 2009 4:54PM Telco/ISP
Tech giants asked to opt out of Phorm

Tech giants asked to opt out of Phorm

The Open Rights Group has asked seven major technology firms to opt out of BT's Phorm in order to protect web users' privacy.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 25 2009 10:14AM Security
Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm

Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm

Internet privacy campaigners have written to the world's top internet companies urging them to steer clear of behavioural targeting software vendor Phorm, which they see as invasive software which snoops on unsuspecting users.
Stewart Meagher Mar 24 2009 11:25AM Telco/ISP
Security expert: BT should be prosecuted over its use of Phorm

Security expert: BT should be prosecuted over its use of Phorm

Cambridge University security researcher Dr Richard Clayton argues that BT should be prosecuted because it monitored internet users' websurfing habits without their permission, while the telco declines to say its activities were legal.
Richard Thurston Jun 10 2008 10:12AM Security

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