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Re: Privacy
The important issue is not whether it's opt-in or opt-out. The real problem is that the ISP is diverting the customer's traffic into the 3rd-party machine. (See this link »www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07···rtegrul/ for a full explanation of how it works.)
Yes, Phorm claims that it anonymizes the data, and that the company is audited, and so on. But I predict that as soon as the publicity fades, the company will change the terms and start data-mining without any restraints - including personal information. Besides, the ISP can at any time contract with some other company that offers money for subscribers' data, and it may not even promise respect for privacy like Phorm.
This does need to be restrained by law. I don't think many users would agree to it if they were given a chance to opt in or out, with full information, separately from the ISP contract. |
