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Originally Posted by Winston Smith
Are those of us going to the London meeting tomorrow being co-opted into a Phorm PR stunt?
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At some point 80/20 should be, but so far is not, conducting a proper Privacy Impact Assessment consultation with stakeholders. That would mean providing proper briefing information to stakeholders and
asking them for their views.
This meeting is not a consultation meeting, as it is advertised by 80/20 as a way to ask questions of Phorm. It is a meeting where Phorm, not stakeholders, will express their views. That means in my view that this is a
communications meeting. So yes, its purpose is to promote the Phorm PR agenda.
A further oddity of the meeting: Phorm has spoken disparagingly about the "small but vociferous group" of objectors to the proposed interception by ISPs. Why then has 80/20 limited its invitations to the meeting to that same "small but vociferous group"? 80/20 already knows that its client is not interested in the views of this group.
If I were to attend the meeting, I think I would ask some questions about the PIA process. In particular, when a proper and fully informed consultation was going to be conducted.
There is certainly little point in asking about the primary issue - the interception by ISPs. ISPs will not be there and Simon of 80/20 said last night that 80/20 is in any case unable to deal with the interception issue.