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Originally Posted by pentode

Even Firefox is doing a Phorm... see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...ox_data_snoop/

What I intended asking was would VM actually tell us when to opt in or to opt out... or would they not bother. Just how would we know?

Dave

If they were to try and make the invitation legally, then they could either send you a customer service email, or put a message/popup that would alert the principal account holder, (and ONLY that person) - the adult principal account holder responsible for the contract with VM - while they were browsing the VM customer service portal, (not while you were merely browsing 3rd party web sites) and they would need to take care to make sure they had the right person (with a security question or two) before allowing you to click on any Webwise invitation button.

They would also need to give you a fair bit of information about Webwise, including the links to FIPR, ICO, Clayton, Hanff, etc. and allow you to look at it BEFORE you opt-IN, and that information would probably need to include the fact that Webwise was thought by many to be be illegal and that you could theoretically get prosecuted, and that you might find a lot of websites refused you access.

And if you did not see the webwise page or simply blocked it or closed it, you should remain opted out.

Any other way of inviting you to become a Webwise customer would be illegal according to what has been said here.

That's my reading of the situation - but I doubt whether the ISP's see it that way.