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Originally Posted by Peter N
BT have stated in their revised FAQs that opted out customers are completely removed from the profiling system.
I only include for the sake of accuracy and make no comment on the validity of the statement.
53. What happens when I switch off BT Webwise?
When BT Webwise is off you won't receive warnings before reaching fraudulent websites. BT Webwise will not scan or collect any data from the web pages that you visit to see if there are better adverts to show you; no data, in fact, will be analysed, stored or passed to Phorm or any other partner if you are switched off. You'll still see adverts in the normal course of visiting any participating website. |
as you say peter it is what they don't say.
they do say "BT Webwise will not scan or collect any data from the web pages that you visit", but they do not say "your traffic will take a route to the net direct without passing through the profiler", leaving it open to them to amend the service or FAQ later to say "agregated search terms and other information may be harvested to be sold off at a premium to help us make money by increasing the price of more often searched for keywords"
peter