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Originally Posted by popper
Home Office on Phorm: it's legal if users consent
An analysis by the Home Office of Phorm's proposed system suggests that it's legal - as long as users give their consent
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That's one interpretation. Another is that it would be unlawful interception if an ISP were to pass data from an opt-out subscriber to Phorm's profiler.
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Originally Posted by Charles Arthur (Guardian)
I'm leaning towards the phrase "server-side adware" for what Phorm's doing. Does anyone else have a better phrase?
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Sure,
- illegal wiretapping
- unlawful interception of communications
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Originally Posted by Shin Gouki
So in other words the ISP's will just change their T & C's and if you don't accept them all you can do is leave.
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Surely RIPA was no more intended to permit that than to restrict "legitimate business activity"?