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Julian Smart · 19-03-2008, 12:26

Hi PhormUKPRTeam,

If the system avoids 'sensitive' sites, doesn't that imply processing them to tell whether they are sensitive? Then we only have Phorm's word for it that nothing will be done with that information.

I think a lot of the concerns come down to: "you have access to the information, and only your word that you won't do anything bad with it." How would you counter that perception? Obviously a report or two can't allay the suspicion that the system could be tweaked without anyone knowing, a fear even expressed clearly in at least one of the commissioned reports.

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Julian Smart Inactive Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Hi PhormUKPRTeam, If the system avoids 'sensitive' sites, doesn't that imply processing them to tell whether they are sensitive? Then we only have Phorm's word for it that nothing will be done with that information. I think a lot of the concerns come down to: "you have access to the information, and only your word that you won't do anything bad with it." How would you counter that perception? Obviously a report or two can't allay the suspicion that the system could be tweaked without anyone knowing, a fear even expressed clearly in at least one of the commissioned reports.