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Four of the six major ISPs have stated that they will not be deploying Phorm type behavorial targetting advertising platforms.
Sky, Tiscali, Orange and Virgin Media(*) have all recently stated that they will not be using such technology so you can assume from that you personal information is safe
Only BT and Talk Talk are steam rollering ahead with plans to monitor nearly everything you read and write on the internet.
As for the other ISPs out there well it is now very unlikely that the smaller ones will be using such technology if the bigger fish are not using it. But be aware of the shenanigans which went on with Plusnet a few weeks ago - some Plusnet customers received the BT webwise invite and that was an unusual development.
(*) Virgin seem to still have the intention, and have given out mixed signals, but they have moved slightly off the fence. What is need is a clear statement given like Sky and Orange made.
Clickz article on Four of Six Major U.K. ISPs Shy Away from Phorm
http://www.clickz.com/3631791
Nodpi article on VM fence sitting
https://nodpi.org/2008/11/19/how-long-can-virgin-media-sit-on-the-phorm-phence/
Sky, Tiscali, Orange and Virgin Media(*) have all recently stated that they will not be using such technology so you can assume from that you personal information is safe
Only BT and Talk Talk are steam rollering ahead with plans to monitor nearly everything you read and write on the internet.
As for the other ISPs out there well it is now very unlikely that the smaller ones will be using such technology if the bigger fish are not using it. But be aware of the shenanigans which went on with Plusnet a few weeks ago - some Plusnet customers received the BT webwise invite and that was an unusual development.
(*) Virgin seem to still have the intention, and have given out mixed signals, but they have moved slightly off the fence. What is need is a clear statement given like Sky and Orange made.
Clickz article on Four of Six Major U.K. ISPs Shy Away from Phorm
http://www.clickz.com/3631791
Nodpi article on VM fence sitting
https://nodpi.org/2008/11/19/how-long-can-virgin-media-sit-on-the-phorm-phence/
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