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'UK must up privacy safeguards following Phorm'
News The announcement follows complaints by UK citizens and privacy groups over the government's lack of action after telco BT conducted trials of the Phorm behavioural advertising service without getting... [30 Oct 2009]
TalkTalk says bye-bye to Phorm agreement after Tiscali buy
News Internet service provider TalkTalk will not use behavioural advertising services from Phorm. On Monday the share price fell 43 per cent after BT announced that it had put its plans to implement Phorm's Webwise... [09 Jul 2009]
BT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News BT has shelved plans to implement behavioural ad-serving technology by Phorm that has drawn criticism as a potential risk to customer privacy. In 2006 and 2007, BT conducted two trials of the technology,... [06 Jul 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a 'recommendation engine', which is designed to serve content based on user web-surfing behaviour. Technology experts including Tim Berners-Lee have questioned the... [03 Jun 2009]
Calls for gov't Phorm investigation rejected
News The Prime Minister's Office has rebuffed a public call for a government investigation into Phorm, saying that the independent Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for ensuring that the behavioural ad-serving... [21 May 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News The action was initiated on Tuesday, following complaints over BT's trials - carried out in 2006 and 2007 without user consent - of technology from the behavioural advertising company Phorm. Telecoms commissioner Viviane... [14 Apr 2009]
Google and Yahoo! back privacy rules for targeted ads
News Targeted or behavioural advertising, where advertisements are sent to a consumer based on internet browsing activity, made headlines in the UK last year when the advertising technology firm Phorm announced partnerships... [04 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Privacy perils of social networking
Comment Behavioural targeting and marketing to youth audiences - drawing the line between tailoring and tracking The service is already gaining huge popularity across Europe, demonstrating the widening gap between so-called... [12 Nov 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News B is for Behavioural biometric Simon Davies, director of human rights group Privacy International, said: "It will bring almost the entire population into the scheme. Speaking today at the Biometrics... [21 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail?
Comment That said, as phishing and false social networking profile scams increase in sophistication, and social media advertising and behavioural targeting spreads, the law may soon need updating to provide extra help to users... [01 Oct 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Clausen said: "Firstly, it is important to highlight that all systems used in the research pool were, at the very least, running PC Tool's ThreatFire and that, because the technology is behavioural-based, the data refers... [21 May 2008]
'Noisy' anti-Phorm tool developed
News Becky Hogge, director of ORG, said: "This type of software [AntiPhormLite] indicates the public pressure against targeted behavioural advertising. An electronic privacy advocacy group has launched a tool... [20 May 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com "We ask that the FTC.recommend adoption of voluntary industry guidelines that define 'sensitive data' to include the online activities of all persons under... [10 Apr 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News B is for Behavioural biometric Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised... [26 Mar 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News Consumers also should be given the ability to choose whether to have their information collected for targeted advertising, and companies should collect sensitive data for behavioural advertising only if the consumer... [25 Feb 2008]
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