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Rchivist · 13-03-2009, 19:32

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...-phorm-ban.htm

one of a flurry of media articles about Phorm this week, there has been a storm of coverage in print nd online media, including Daily Mail, following the meeting at the House of Lords on 11th March arranged by Baroness Miller and the all party group on Co0mmunications, addressed by a variety of world class experts including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7936625.stm

The Computer Weekly article says:

BT must be stopped from deploying technology that uses people's personal internet communications to make money from advertisers, the government was told this week.

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokeswoman, asked in the Lords for the government to delay the rollout of interception-based online advertising until its legality had been established under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

She told Computer Weekly that Ofcom, the Information Commissioner, the Home Office and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) were all passing the buck. Phorm could normalise a level of snooping not even attempted by the Home Office's stalled Interception Modernisation Programme. Other ministers have praised Phorm for its enterprise.

Prepare for more headlines on Phorm, as the issue is going mainstream, both in terms of politics and media coverage.

13-03-2009, 19:32	#3
Rchivist Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 831	Re: Internet spy camera http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...-phorm-ban.htm one of a flurry of media articles about Phorm this week, there has been a storm of coverage in print nd online media, including Daily Mail, following the meeting at the House of Lords on 11th March arranged by Baroness Miller and the all party group on Co0mmunications, addressed by a variety of world class experts including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7936625.stm The Computer Weekly article says: BT must be stopped from deploying technology that uses people's personal internet communications to make money from advertisers, the government was told this week. Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokeswoman, asked in the Lords for the government to delay the rollout of interception-based online advertising until its legality had been established under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. She told Computer Weekly that Ofcom, the Information Commissioner, the Home Office and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) were all passing the buck. Phorm could normalise a level of snooping not even attempted by the Home Office's stalled Interception Modernisation Programme. Other ministers have praised Phorm for its enterprise. Prepare for more headlines on Phorm, as the issue is going mainstream, both in terms of politics and media coverage.