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Old 06-05-2008, 19:01   #5860
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

Hi all.

Cor, I go away for a weekend and there's FORTY new pages for me to trawl through. Ouch.


I got a reply from my MP, Tim Boswell:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Boswell
Dear [Name],
Thank you for your email of 16th of April concerning online privacy. I am grateful to you for raising this interesting issue. I will if may in the first instance raise this with a friend of mine who is an expert in the area, before considering what further action is appropriate
Yours sincerely, T. Boswell
I then, a few days later, got a follow-up:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Boswell
Dear [Name],
Further to our earlier exchange I have now enquired of my expert friend, who very much shares your concern on this matter as a major drawback of current internet business models.
We will use various avenues to explore it further here
Yours sincerely, T. Boswell
There's also a hand-written bit just under saying 'The main issue is properly informed consent'

I'm glad that he got back in touch. I shall be writing back pointing out that while informed consent is one of the major issues, the assumed consent of webmasters and the profiling of opted-out customers are two other major areas of concern.
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