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Portly_Giraffe · 03-06-2008, 20:53

For anyone with an interest, I've put up a report of last Tuesday's 10th Anniversary Public Meeting of the FIPR at http://www.inphormationdesk.org/FIPR10.pdf

It includes Richard Clayton's withering attack on behavioural advertising and some interesting comments from the Earl of Northesk, plus discussion of several other key issues.

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Also, I had the opportunity to have about two minutes' one-to-one chat with the Home Secretary this evening. She wasn't aware of what has been happening with the BT Trials and Phorm, and to be fair to her she has some weighty challenges on other issues. Nevertheless, she is now aware that something is going on, and that it is something to do with BT, privacy, the law and the integrity of the Internet.

I think that senior politicians will only start to take serious notice when it reaches the front pages of the papers. I have an idea about this, but it'll take several weeks to bring it to fruition - maybe in time for the BT AGM, who knows?

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Portly_Giraffe Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 114	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] For anyone with an interest, I've put up a report of last Tuesday's 10th Anniversary Public Meeting of the FIPR at http://www.inphormationdesk.org/FIPR10.pdf It includes Richard Clayton's withering attack on behavioural advertising and some interesting comments from the Earl of Northesk, plus discussion of several other key issues. ---------- Post added at 20:53 ---------- Previous post was at 20:43 ---------- Also, I had the opportunity to have about two minutes' one-to-one chat with the Home Secretary this evening. She wasn't aware of what has been happening with the BT Trials and Phorm, and to be fair to her she has some weighty challenges on other issues. Nevertheless, she is now aware that something is going on, and that it is something to do with BT, privacy, the law and the integrity of the Internet. I think that senior politicians will only start to take serious notice when it reaches the front pages of the papers. I have an idea about this, but it'll take several weeks to bring it to fruition - maybe in time for the BT AGM, who knows?