Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 06-04-2008, 16:43   #2507
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by lucevans View Post
I think that it's the layer 7 DPI kit that Phorm are going to "gift" to the ISP to get around the "none of your personal data is transmitted outside the ISP's network" issue. Once "anonymised" by the "anonymiser" hardware (?also gifted to the ISP by Phorm, and therefore allegedly still "inside" the ISP's network), the profile is then passed outside the ISP's network to the Phorm-owned ad channel server box (which could still be located physically inside the ISP's data centre, but is considered to be outside the ISP's network because it belongs to a third party). Apparently this final relay of data does not include the customer's IP address, so Phorm can claim that they receive no PII about the customer.

None of the above alters the fact that the interception, even if it's done by the ISP, is being done for reasons other than essential maintenance of the network, so is illegal within the terms of RIPA without explicit consent of both parties to the communication.
Yeah but my point was that in one of the PR "Questions and Answers" articles, Phorm state that the ISP have no access to the hardware, other than it physically being on their network. They have no access to the OS/other software running on the hardware.

Yes it is still interception.

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