phorm
Sing from the Rooftops :: Orange ditches Phorm
Yay… only a few more ISP’s to wake up now.. Orange, the UK’s sixth largest broadband provider, is not going to use Phorm’s data-snooping technology. nPaul-Francois Fournier told the FT: “Privacy is in our DNA, so we need to be honest and clear about what we are doing. We have decided not to be in [...]
Phorm gets UK government backing
Phorm has received it’s biggest endorsement yet – a statement from the UK government declaring its controversial ad targeting technology legal. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has released a statement to European Union in response to questions from regulators. The statement said that Phorm is able to operate under existing laws. “Users [...]
Phorm E-Petition
The UK’s three largest ISP’s, Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk are all in talks with a view to introducing the Phorm technology. This would result in the browsing habits of the majority of the UK population being sold to a third party for advertising purposes. The opt out system for this technology is vague and [...]