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PhormUKPRteam
Wed Mar 19 2008, 03:48PM
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 Hi all

Knowing how much you are following the ICO and Phorm at present, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, today's ICO survey (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7304455.stm) on data protection highlights why the Phorm system is an improvement in online privacy.

We don't store any personally identifiable information so there is nothing to lose. We can't accidently reveal what we don't have unlike the ad targeting systems of other major Internet companies which retain identifiable personal data for over 12 months before it is even anonymised.
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andy2008
Wed Mar 19 2008, 03:56PM

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Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 02:59PM
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 lies lies and more lies. At least the likes of doubleclick dont need equipment inside the isp. Why do you need equipment inside the isp ? why is it that so far the people who have carried out privacy assesments arnt exactly reputable companies ? why bother offering anti phishing when so many web browsers already do this ? which forums are on your list for today ? oh and do you buy many CD's from amazon ? i can send you targeted ads on this if you like ? yes i know who you are :| it doesnt take a genius for someone to use google to track people so i can only imagine how easy it would be for someone using phorm to track individuals. Thats another thing you keep harping on about the free download tool etc. I seem to remember 121media doing a similar thing. Nasty piece of work it was too. Phorm does realise the UK privacy laws are tougher than US privacy laws for a reason right ?

[ Edited Wed Mar 19 2008, 04:02PM ]
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BadPhormula
Wed Mar 19 2008, 04:02PM
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Joined: Sun Mar 16 2008, 05:00PM
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PhormUKPRteam wrote ...

Hi all

Knowing how much you are following the ICO and Phorm at present, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, today's ICO survey (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7304455.stm) on data protection highlights why the Phorm system is an improvement in online privacy.

We don't store any personally identifiable information so there is nothing to lose. We can't accidently reveal what we don't have unlike the ad targeting systems of other major Internet companies which retain identifiable personal data for over 12 months before it is even anonymised.



Hi Spin-Guy

It seems like only yesterday (5 years ago) that you were working on your last PR campaign... "Hearts & Minds"

Happy Anniversary Phtony
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SqueakyWheel
Wed Mar 19 2008, 04:07PM
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Joined: Wed Feb 27 2008, 03:58PM
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 Good grief, here we go again. People have moved past the "no storing of personal information" on to the fact you *scan it all in the first place even if they opt-out!*. Get that part right and people might be willing to listen to you.
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jtech
Wed Mar 19 2008, 04:08PM
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 I see I see yes.. o yes.. better targeted ads, i see.. they can make me safer.. i see, it makes such sense now! thanks for clearing that up.

There can not be any improvement in any Phorm, I would start looking deep in the mirror and ask yourself, 'How will they pay me if they loose all thier capital?'
Jtech
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Oblonsky
Wed Mar 19 2008, 04:08PM
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Joined: Sat Mar 08 2008, 10:59AM
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 Here's a few straws for you to hand over to Phorm next time you see them...
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Midnight_Voice
Wed Mar 19 2008, 05:00PM
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Joined: Thu Mar 13 2008, 08:51PM
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 Dear UKMisinPhormation team: It seems to me that the data Phorm wants to store about us, however anonymised, profiled, minimalised and channelled, is all additional to the information that is already being collected about us on the Internet.

And that it will in no way reduce one iota of that information.

So tell me, how will adding your sandgrains to the pile improve anything? All it does is to add many more points of failure and potential leakage.

(And no, I don't like a lot of the other collection techniques out there, either. But at least they are not trying to crawl under the duvet with me at night so they can even bottle my botty burps).
Big Brother: a programme people watch, or a program watching people?
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davidg
Wed Mar 19 2008, 05:01PM
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Joined: Sat Mar 08 2008, 04:47PM
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 Bull***t (Although why I keep arguing with a technically illiterate PR Company I really don't know - it's like pushing beer uphill).

Nothing to lose ? Go tell that to Mrs Thelma Arnold of Gwinnett County Georgia.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/277


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Sammy
Wed Mar 19 2008, 05:06PM

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Joined: Sun Mar 09 2008, 08:36PM
Posts: 191
PhormUKPRteam wrote ...

Hi all

Knowing how much you are following the ICO and Phorm at present, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record.......


If you have a broken record - change it... Try answering some questions and REALLY addressing issues.
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TheOtherSteve
Wed Mar 19 2008, 05:28PM
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 Hello Citigate Dewe Rogerson sock puppets.

In case you didn't catch this elsewhere :

I don't care if Phorm's CEO gives me his first born son to hold in escrow as a guarantee of his promises.

I don't care if my ISP offers a water tight privacy contract signed in the blood of their customer service department who are consistently ignoring my complaints.

I don't care if they get the resurrected spirit of Jesus Christ to audit the source code.

I don't care if the God of the Old Testament manifests and writes "Hey guys, Phorm is OK by me" in letters of fire upon the sky.

I will not tolerate my ISP intercepting my communications in order to treat me as a chattel. Period.

I do not want Kent Spunkbubble and his merry band of cold warriors and root kit artists installing equipment anywhere in the UK telecomms network, for any purpose, ever. Period.

In other words, F*ck off, you shady b**tards.

It's illegal, it's immoral and since it clearly involves you lot sat behind your desks 24/7 crawling the web with your mouse hand poised above the 'paste' button, I sincerely hope it is making you fat.
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