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Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff
Phorm shares could hit a 52 week low this week. Currently down at £12.50 (Down 8.26%)
Alexander Hanff
[EDIT] Correction 12.25 (down 10.09%) and equalling the 52 week low from last month.
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Well, I sat behind Kent at the FIPR tenth anniversary seminar today. He was only there for the first session on "Surveillance, privacy and technology" even though I would have thought that the third session "The next ten years" would have interested him most. (or perhaps not ...)
At the end of this first session, Richard Clayton used the issue of behavioural advertising to illustrate the role FIPR had to play. He also delivered a withering attack on the ISPs and companies involved in it. He pointed out that under RIPA both parties had to give their consent for interceptions, that identifiers could not by definition be private since they had to be used to deliver the advertising, and that there was a significant danger of misuse of the personal information collected.
Interestingly he quoted examples of soundbyte phrases which had taken hold in other situations and which had been effective in stalling unwelcome innovations: "Frankenstein foods" for GM, and "Spy chips" for consumer RFID. Anyone on the Forum got good ideas for an equivalent soundbyte phrase for Phorm?
As for Kent, he didn't applaud Richard and left with the two young associates who were with him just after 3pm. Perhaps he had already arranged another appointment, or he didn't like what Richard said, or maybe it was that his Blackberry had told him what was happening to Phorm's stock (down from 14.00 to 12.50 in the previous ten minutes).
I also had an interesting discussion with the Earl of Northesk at the reception afterwards on Phorm and on the impact of the Internet on the political process. Here are two good quotes from his talk in the meeting itself:
"The Net should belong to society at large"
"The Internet is not just a resource, but a whole life experience"
We should be pleased to have someone with his vision and integrity on our side.
I'll put together a report of the meeting and make it available here when I get a moment later in the week.