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Here is a copy of the press release:
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Press Release - Immediate Release
Protesters to Picket shareholders at BT PLC Annual General Meeting - 16th July 2008
On 16th July 2008 there will be a full day protest against the use of Deep Packet Inspection for the purpose of behavioural profiling. The event will focus on the plans by BT PLC, Virgin Media and Car Phone Warehouse to introduce deep packet inspection technologies through exclusive contracts with Phorm Inc.
Since Phorm issued a press release on 14th February 2008 regarding these exclusive contracts there has been a storm of outrage amongst the public, leading academics, privacy advocates, Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, Peers in the House of Lords and the industry as whole. The technology has been called illegal by Foundation for Information Policy Research, which was recently supported by a statement from the European Commission.
As a result of the negative publicity generated over the past 3 months Phorm Inc.'s share price has plummeted by approx 70% and continues to struggle to develop confidence from investors.
In 2006/2007 BT PLC have admitted to running covert trials of the technology without first obtaining the consent from customers required by EU and UK Data Protection and Communications regulations, directives and legislation. However, to date neither the Information Commissioner nor the Secretary of State have held BT PLC to account for these allegedly illegal actions.
Therefore, the growing public campaign to seek justice for the victims of these covert trials and the wider mission of stopping the technology from being deployed, has led to an organised one day protest in London, UK. There is expected to be a significant press and media presence at the event which will begin at the Barbican Centre, continue on to BT Centre (BT's corporate HQ) and finally end with a march on to Charing Cross Metropolitan Police Station in the early evening. On arrival at the Metropolitan Police station a full case file with witness testimonies and supporting evidence, along with a petition demanding a criminal investigation will be handed to the senior officer on duty.
For more details about the event, please visit the following two web sites:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05..._phorm_protest
http://www.nodpi.org
If you require further information please contact me by reply.
Sincerely,
Alexander Hanff
University of Cumbria
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Feel free to use the press release for any contacts you may wish to make with other members of the press and media (obviously change the last couple of lines).
Alexander Hanff