Mark's Blog » privacy http://blog.markbarnes.org The incoherent ramblings of Mark Barnes; Burnley FC supporter, technology evangelical and general web geek Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Phorm Opt-Out http://blog.markbarnes.org/2009/04/22/phorm-opt-out/ http://blog.markbarnes.org/2009/04/22/phorm-opt-out/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:08:29 +0000 Mark http://blog.markbarnes.org/?p=546 Phorm LogoUnless you’ve been living under a rock (or living in another country, in which case I’m sure you have your own privacy battles to face ;-) ) you’ll realise that Phorm is well on its way to launching properly in the UK. Now, putting aside if it is legal or not (it isn’t, by the way, and the EU seem to have realised this as well – BBC & El Reg) we need to all come together and take steps to put this beast out of business permanently.

So, if you are currently with an ISP that is thinking about Phorm inform them in the strongest possible terms of your viewpoint. If they continue with the roll-out then switch supplier to somebody who isn’t going to snoop on your browsing habits.

I’ve also taken steps to get this site removed so that the crawlers are no longer able to visit and use this site’s data to send targeted ads to you. I’ve done this by emailing website-exclusion@webwise.com stating that I wish to remove this domain from their systems. One fully hopes that they comply with this request, and I’ll have no hesitation in taking more formal proceedings against them if they don’t. I’ll also be posting the full transcripts of both my email and the response(s) that I receive on my writings page, so check there for updates.

Thus, if you currently operate a site I would request that you email the above address detailing all your domains and requesting that you don’t wish to be a part of their system. If you want more information on Phorm, there is plenty available online and elsewhere, I’m sure.

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