Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 29-04-2008, 14:21   #5045
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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 OF1975 View Post
One thing that does slightly worry me regarding a change of law is that campaigners are already calling for RIPA to be changed with regard to the issue of Local Councils using RIPA to use surveillance in matters such as littering and dog fouling etc etc

Call me cynical but I wouldn't be surprised if in some future revision of RIPA the government were to slip in some Phorm/NebuAd friendly provision or they might just tag on an amendment to some piece of obscure, unrelated legislation that is already going through second reading. They have done it before and I wouldn't be surprised by ANYTHING this government does these days.

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Oh and I am still waiting for any response from my MP, Liberty, Computer Crime Unit of Met Police and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
It is not that easy in this case. The Right to Privacy is an inalienable right afforded to us under multiple European laws/directives and conventions, most of which are currently ratified in the UK. To suddenly change British law in such a way would at least cause problems in official EU circles, or at least that is my belief.

Alexander Hanff

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Originally Posted by BetBlowWhistler View Post
Thankyou. I'm trying to keep a low profile these days as I've already lost one job, so everything I post from now on is purely my personal opinion. I doubt Ben is reading these forums, but I'm pretty sure I know a few fellows at BT who will be All that's gone by-the-by now anyway what with BT being found with their hand in over 30,000 cookie jars (sorry that was an awful pun )
I should just correct you there for a moment, latest reports put the figure at around 128 000 (108 000 in 2006 and 20 000 in 2007), McVitees must love it.

I know where you are coming from regarding the job, I lost a job after appearing on BBC's Newsnight a couple of years back simply for offering my opinion on a judgement in the US Supreme Court (completely unrelated to my work).

However (and without meaning to sound insensitive) some things are so important that the prospect of losing your job over moral and ethical decisions is worth it, and I respect anyone who puts their ethics ahead of their employment prospects.

Alexander Hanff
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