Not really Phorm related but an article which shows how easy it is for invasion of privacy for online activities in one country to quickly spread around the world and affect everyone.
As part of the 'Housing Bill' running through the good old USA is a clause which requires payment processors to pass info to the IRS for merchants processing more than $20k per year, which includes holding a database of the purchasers, wherever they are in the world.
See
More on the "Housing Bill" about half way down the articles.
http://www.i-cop.org/journal/08-11-08.htm
(And, I don't know why, but for some reason the joke at the end of the articles reminded me of forum moderators - with apologies to moderators here.)
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Originally Posted by R Jones
Here's a quote for you - in email from Director, Value Added Services, to me .... <snip>
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I have a very similarly worded email. Dated a little earlier so is somewhat shorter in content.