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Originally Posted by R Jones
Yes - lets stick to the issues, and not go round and round and round again.
The only problem is that at the moment there are so MANY things happening at the same time, all of which are incredibly bad news for this new technology and those who are trying to introduce it and have probably illegally trialled it.
interception
interference
copyright
privacy of data
consent issues
misleading trading terms and misleading advertising
congressional questions
EU questions
delays to trials
AGM embarrassment
mainstream media coverage growing daily
BT getting desperately tetchy and trigger happy
BT Group plc beginning to spring little leaks and creak at the inter-group seams, mostly at the expense of BT Retail
VM being gradually brought into the spotlight
Businesses being informed of how it will affect them
Parliament getting a head of steam up for the new session.
No - I wouldn't want to be employed defending Webwise/Phorm by BT Retail or Phorm at the moment, not for all the bonuses in the City OR the tea in China.
Lots of issues to work on, none of them involving revolving wheels.
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Ertugrul says that Opt-in v opt-out is a "complete red herring and not important" ergo that is probably the killer issue we should focus on. It is succinct, easy to understand, and for phorm, deadly
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Originally Posted by Dephormation
You know what struck me on the way home?
Perhaps the reason BERR can't respond, the Police, the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and all the other agencies involved aren't responding...
Is the Government is already facing legal action by the European Commission?
If it were true, perhaps it might also explain the 'emergency cabinet' called for September in the midlands?
Just guesswork of course.
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It would be nice to think so, but Brown probably has other things on his mind right now .. like avoiding adding to the unemployment figures in October.