RIPA? Never heard of it officer... City of London police questioned BT earlier this week as part of a probe into the covert wiretapping and profiling of the internet use of tens of thousands of BT customers during tests of Phorm's adware system.… ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Fri, Sep 05 2008
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| 22 Sep 08 |
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Police drop BT-Phorm probe » the register (uk) 'Move along please, nothing to see' Exclusive City of London Police have decided not to formally investigate BT and Phorm for their allegedly illegal secret ISP-level adware trials, arguing that there was implied consent from customers and it would be a... |
| 10 Jun 08 |
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EU mulls intervention over BT's secret Phorm trials » the register (uk) Your views sought The European Commission is considering intervening over the failure of UK data watchdogs to punish BT for the way it secretly co-opted tens of thousands of customers into trials of Phorm's profiling system to serve them targeted... |
| 17 Apr 08 |
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BT's secret Phorm trials open door to corporate eavesdropping » the register (uk) Government bumbling exposes oversight gap The government has refused to investigate BT's covert wiretapping of thousands of its customers in 2006 and 2007, despite its own expert's view that without consent Phorm's advertising targeting technology is a... |
| 10 Oct 08 |
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Brussels bounces BT-Phorm quiz back to UK.gov » the register (uk) 'Let's try that once more shall we?' The European Commission has again written to the government for an explanation of UK authorities' response to BT's allegedly illegal secret trials of Phorm's ISP adware system.… |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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UK.gov misses deadline on EU Phorm probe » the register (uk) Commission's data pimping quiz-o-gram leaked Exclusive The government has failed to meet a deadline to respond to European Commission questions over the UK's handling of BT's allegedly illegal secret trials of Phorm's ISP-level adware and its planned... |
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