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:
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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
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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
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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.