Words fail me

[ffutures]

Apparently the UK's three biggest ISPs want to pass on customer's browsing information (e.g. the address of every page they download) to an advertiser. I sincerely hope that this is getting the attention it deserves from everyone concerned about privacy and data protection.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/29/phorm_roundup/

I've been reasonably happy with NTL / Virgin, but plan to change my ISP if they implement this scheme.

Comments

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That is all kinds of wrong. :o(

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Just a bit...

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that breach the Data Protection Act?

[dan-golem.livejournal.com]

If they are passing on information which identifes you as an individual to a third party without your knowledge, then yes. If it really is an anonymised number which can't be traced back to you then no.