Comments on: Did Phorm Help Draft Privacy Rules In the UK? http://gigaom.com/2009/04/28/did-phorm-help-draft-privacy-rules-in-the-uk/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NebuAd Technology Resurrected As InsightReady http://gigaom.com/2009/04/28/did-phorm-help-draft-privacy-rules-in-the-uk/#comment-209421 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:51:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=47574#comment-209421 [...] the company’s technology to the UK from the U.S. is likely a result of the region’s more lax enforcement regime and the lawsuits NebuAd is facing in the U.S. In November, customers from some of the ISPs that [...]

]]> By: David M http://gigaom.com/2009/04/28/did-phorm-help-draft-privacy-rules-in-the-uk/#comment-209420 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:51:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=47574#comment-209420 Er, you’ve reported twice now that the EU has taken legal action against Phorm. That would be nice, but it’s not true – the EU has taken legal action against the UK itself, for failing to properly apply data protection principles in defence of its citizens.

That legal action was inspired by Phorm’s secret trials on BT’s customers in 2006 and 2007, and in particular the UK government’s failure to censure Phorm and BT for that, but it’s not legal action against Phorm itself.

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