Abarbarian
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It just is not true that the Home Office is too busy choosing what porn to watch to do any work an here is the proof that they are doing some useful work for the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021661.stm
E-mails between the ministry and Phorm show the department asking if the firm would be "comforted" by its position.
Baroness Miller said the Home Office most likely consulted Phorm because "they didn't have the capacity to understand the technology they are dealing with".
Baroness Miller said she was concerned that the Home Office was "very interested in the technology" for its own purposes.
Jim Killock, executive director of privacy campaigners, the Open Rights Group, said: "The Home Office's job is to uphold the law: not to reinterpret it for commercial interests. It's extraordinary, when you think of the blatant disregard Phorm showed towards UK laws in its secret trials, that this sort of lax attitude should be shown."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7998009.stm
The European Commission has started legal action against Britain over the online advertising technology Phorm.
the commission has said Phorm "intercepted" user data without clear consent and the UK need to look again at its online privacy laws.
BT admitted last year it had tested Phorm's technology on its network with thousands of customers without asking for their consent or informing them of the trials.
"It is pleasing to see the EC is taking this issue more seriously than UK government departments here,"
im Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group said: "There are big legal questions surrounding BT's use of Phorm, so we welcome the EU taking the government to task. "BT should respect everyone's privacy and drop their plans to snoop on the internet before they damage their own reputation further. Websites should protect their users and block Phorm now."
Looks like the only thing our government is interested in is making money at any cost. A free Britain, only if you are a MP claiming all the allowances.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021661.stm
E-mails between the ministry and Phorm show the department asking if the firm would be "comforted" by its position.
Baroness Miller said the Home Office most likely consulted Phorm because "they didn't have the capacity to understand the technology they are dealing with".
Baroness Miller said she was concerned that the Home Office was "very interested in the technology" for its own purposes.
Jim Killock, executive director of privacy campaigners, the Open Rights Group, said: "The Home Office's job is to uphold the law: not to reinterpret it for commercial interests. It's extraordinary, when you think of the blatant disregard Phorm showed towards UK laws in its secret trials, that this sort of lax attitude should be shown."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7998009.stm
The European Commission has started legal action against Britain over the online advertising technology Phorm.
the commission has said Phorm "intercepted" user data without clear consent and the UK need to look again at its online privacy laws.
BT admitted last year it had tested Phorm's technology on its network with thousands of customers without asking for their consent or informing them of the trials.
"It is pleasing to see the EC is taking this issue more seriously than UK government departments here,"
im Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group said: "There are big legal questions surrounding BT's use of Phorm, so we welcome the EU taking the government to task. "BT should respect everyone's privacy and drop their plans to snoop on the internet before they damage their own reputation further. Websites should protect their users and block Phorm now."
Looks like the only thing our government is interested in is making money at any cost. A free Britain, only if you are a MP claiming all the allowances.