Just got a reply from Virgin
interesting bits below:
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Whilst Virgin Media has signed an agreement with Phorm to explore how their technology could be used......... ........we still have a lot of work to do in evaluating various aspects of any possible deployment and how our implementation might work.
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So they HAVE signed an agreement with Phorm.
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We can therefore say at this stage that a) there are absolutely no foregone conclusions; and b) customer concerns around privacy and data protection, not to mention any adverse impact on Virgin Media's reputation, are (and will remain) an important element in our deliberations.
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In the event Virgin Media does roll out this solution, all customers will be notified well in advance of the service going live. Customers will not be forced to use the system, fully in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)Regulations 2003.
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Interesting!!!? First I've heard anything from Virgin since I complained weeks ago!