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TKJunkMail
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Re: Good Call.

said by AlexNYC See Profile :

Good call, finally a good decision out of the EC.
Phorm critics want Phorm to not only get permission of all the ISP's customers(Which they are now doing after the secret trial ended), but also EVERY web site that these customers can go to. That is clearly impossible and is just a way to kill the company.

The EU's Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding is also on a power trip and has been for a long time. She is a virtual dictator of EU telecomm policy with almost no one to stop her. This is what happens when a country like the UK gives up its national sovereignty to a larger governmental group.
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Ms Reding said Britain needed to to change its national laws to ensure there were proper sanctions to enforce EU confidentiality rules.

Unless Britain complies, Ms Reding has the power to issue a final warning before taking the country to the 27-nation EU's top court, the European Court of Justice. If it rules in favour of the European Commission, the court can force Britain to change its laws.
And there goes democracy for UK's citizens.
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I see your point and it can be compared to a lesser degree with the way the useless UN is trying to dictate domestic policies to the US, BUT I'm still not going to shed any tears for Phorm. They are nothing more than spamers attempting to collect data they have no right to collect in the first place. The permissions you speak of is only to advertise to the customers that agree, however everyone's data will be collected. So I have a basic problem with collecting my personal browsing data EVEN IF I do not get any advertisements.


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Actually UK citizens vote their own Members of European Parliament in and have a rotating presidency and other important roles. The UK actually has a very privileged position within the EU. I don't know why the EU made so many concessions to them in the first place.
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