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Old 23-06-2008, 22:14   #9978
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHanff View Post
Ooo page 666
You just beat me to it.

Anyways, looks like more Phorm PR FUD here: http://www.netimperative.com/news/20...d-system-phorm.

I'm particularly interested in the last paragraph:

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The privacy implications of the service have been investigated by two independent parties - 80/20 Thinking, a consultancy which advises companies on privacy issues, and Ernst &Young, the financial services firm, Phorm said.

Both found that none of the information collected about consumers made them personally identifiable.
We all know that anything E&Y say is carp, but can anyone remember Simon saying anything of the sort?

OB

Edit: Just re-read this bit:
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Once the advertiser's criteria are satisfied, the advert is served and the details of that person's path across the internet are deleted.
What a whopping porky, that is.
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