[Anonymouse]

I believe someone mentioned that the software Phorm use/have used in the past is apparently a rootkit? Well that can go root off on my computer, 'cause I've downloaded - and regularly use - BlackLight Beta. One rootkit in a lifetime (don't know which one, but when it hit my Windows 2000 PC it crippled McAfee, somehow downgraded IE6 to IE5 so I couldn't repair it, and kept redirecting me to Microsoft.com no matter which browser I used) is quite enough for me; I scan for them regularly...I might in fact put BlackLight into my Startup folder. In my Start menu there's a folder entitled 'Scumware Destruction' which contains shortcuts to SpywareBlaster, Spybot, Ad-Aware 2007 and BlackLight, plus I use Norton 360 (which I've never had any trouble with even on Vista, so I really don't understand the myriad complaints about it) - ain't no freakin' spyware gettin' on my system, dudes!

I'm running TrackMeNot now. I've emailed Watchdog. I've signed the petition. I tried the ICO site, but I keep getting a server error, whether I use IE7 or Firefox (also running NoScript!). It also occurred to me that since this issue has raised concerns about the security of online banking, perhaps the banks might take an interest, so I've also emailed Barclays and intend (when I can get secure access; at the moment there seems to be a problem) to email Barclaycard. Surely the last thing banks want is possibly thousands of customers simultaneously reclaiming hundreds or even thousands of pounds that they, the banks, are never going to recoup?

Hey, mods: have any of you who work for Virgin let 'em know what we their customers think, or has this already been covered somewhere in these 500-odd posts? Can we contact the Data Protection Registrar?