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Re: Do I understand this correctly? said by Phorm Comms :Not true - If you opt out, or block the cookie, no data is analyzed or passed to any Phorm server. The browser is ignored. More about Opting Out is at: » www.webwise.com/how-it-works/tra···311.html Heads up guys, the PR team paid for by Phorm will walk over any forum. Just watch out for inconsistencies like their answer to The Register and the BBC confirming that data will still go to their profiler even if opted out. This is because Phorm can't read cookies in the webwise.net domain if you're visiting dslreports.com until it redirects you onto their domain. The opt-out cookie sits in the webwise domain, so it needs to redirect you just to read it.
»www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07···ge3.html
So if I'm opted out, data passes straight between me and the website I'm visiting? It doesn't enter Phorm's systems at all?
MB: What happens is that the data is still mirrored to the profiler but the data digest is never made and the rest of the chain never occurs. It ought to be said that the profiler is operated by the ISP, not us.
»news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7283333.stm
Q: There are inconsistencies appearing. Phorm told The Register that data is still passed to the "Profiler" even if people opt-out, but apparently the "Profiler" is owned by the ISP, which is how they claim no personal data is sent to Phorm, as per the reply to the BBC.
A: This isn't inconsistent. The Profiler is owned by the ISP. If someone opts out no data is passed from the ISP to Phorm.
@comms team - I thought you'd learned a lesson from the brusing you got in the UK press for stifling debate? DONT LIE. |
