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Originally Posted by serial
I'm sorry if I'm being overly cynical, but I'm looking at my choice of hats and have selected the tinfoil one.
8020 Advisory group contains: Ray Stanton, Global Head of Business Continuity, Security & Governance, BT plc
So, Phorm, pioneered by BT plc have paid an auditing company to green light its system when that company also has a high level BT plc employee as an advisor.
Anyone else see a major problem here?
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This point has been raised before, so I'll clarify the situation.
In my Privacy International capacity, I have for some years known and worked with each member of the 80/20 advisory board, and I have a high regard for every one of them.
I knew Ray well before his BT incarnation and even before his UNISYS days, and regard him as a man of enormous energy and intellect who always believed in following an ethical compass.
The vast majority of the advisory board, including Ray, joined 80/20 weeks before I had even heard of Phorm.
I wouldn't accuse you of being a tinfoil hat brigade member, but please do understand that in our view the privacy world is bigger than Phorm, bigger than online targeted advertising and broader than the Web. We certainly don't choose our AB members to suit a small contract involving a tiny part of the global privacy spectrum.
Simon