Cable Forum - View Single Post - Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

Anonymouse · 19-05-2008, 16:13

Well, it seems the ICO are bottling out. I got a reply from them which included:

The Information Commissioner does not have responsibility for advising on or enforcing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). I should also make clear that the Information Commissioners Office does not have responsibility for advising on or enforcing the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

If they don't have responsibility for RIPA or the CMA, who the hell does?

And we still don't know what, if any, action Virgin are taking. Dammit, we shouldn't have to use Dephormation or TrackMeNot - this crap should not be bloody happening! We're supposed to have laws about this!

The ICO's reply pointed me here - I don't know if anyone's seen this, or how meaningful it is.

I don't know, I really don't. IronKey is looking a more and more attractive prospect - if the advertisers aren't careful, the next stage might be that users will start calling for their ISPs to provide encryption and/or VPN by default for every activity, not just credit card transactions. It'll be a step backward - the Internet is supposed to be open access, but they're pushing us towards a closed model just so we can stop them pestering us.

From First Contact:

"The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!"

To which the advertisers reply: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. ALL YOUR DATA ARE BELONG TO US. YOU BELONG TO US. WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN AND UTILISE IT TO INCREASE OUR PROFITS EVEN THOUGH YOU MOST LIKELY WILL BE UNABLE TO AFFORD ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS GIVEN THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS GOING.

Well, we shall see.

19-05-2008, 16:13	#6822
Anonymouse RIP Tigger - 12 years?! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bolton Age: 59 Services: EE Superfast Broadband Posts: 1,566	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Well, it seems the ICO are bottling out. I got a reply from them which included: The Information Commissioner does not have responsibility for advising on or enforcing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). I should also make clear that the Information Commissioners Office does not have responsibility for advising on or enforcing the Computer Misuse Act 1990. If they don't have responsibility for RIPA or the CMA, who the hell does? And we still don't know what, if any, action Virgin are taking. Dammit, we shouldn't have to use Dephormation or TrackMeNot - this crap should not be bloody happening! We're supposed to have laws about this! The ICO's reply pointed me here - I don't know if anyone's seen this, or how meaningful it is. I don't know, I really don't. IronKey is looking a more and more attractive prospect - if the advertisers aren't careful, the next stage might be that users will start calling for their ISPs to provide encryption and/or VPN by default for every activity, not just credit card transactions. It'll be a step backward - the Internet is supposed to be open access, but they're pushing us towards a closed model just so we can stop them pestering us. From First Contact: "The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!" To which the advertisers reply: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. ALL YOUR DATA ARE BELONG TO US. YOU BELONG TO US. WE WILL ADD YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS TO OUR OWN AND UTILISE IT TO INCREASE OUR PROFITS EVEN THOUGH YOU MOST LIKELY WILL BE UNABLE TO AFFORD ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS GIVEN THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS GOING. Well, we shall see. __________________ "People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'." - Agent Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. WINDOWS 11, ANYONE?!