Well DONE Amazon

[righty]

Amazon bans Phorm............Hurray

Amazon bars controversial Phorm technology from its sites | OUT-LAW.COM

[scoobydoo]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

Oh I though you said Amazon bans PORN - lol

wondered why you said well done

[Paule]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

Wikimedia Foundation opting out of Phorm


After some internal discussion on whether opting out of the Phorm user-profiling system in the UK would legitimize it, we’re going ahead and requesting an opt-out for all the domains under the Wikimedia Foundation’s control:

Subject: Phorm opt-out for Wikipedia.org and related domains
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:28:11 -0700
From: Brion Vibber <brion@wikimedia.org>
To: website-exclusion@webwise.com
CC: private-l@lists.wikimedia.org

To whom it may concern --

The Wikimedia Foundation requests that our web sites including
Wikipedia.org and all related domains be excluded from scanning by the
Phorm / BT Webwise system, as we consider the scanning and profiling of
our visitors' behavior by a third party to be an infringement on their
privacy.

Here is a list of our domains which should be excluded (please exclude
any and all subdomains as well):

wikipedia.org
wikipedia.com
wikipedia.co.uk
wikipedia.cz
wikipedia.fr
wikipedia.info
wikipedia.lt
wikipedia.net
wikipedia.nl
wikipedia.org.br
mediawiki.com
mediawiki.org
quickipedia.net
quickipedia.org
toolserver.org
vikipedio.com
vikipedio.org
wikibook.com
wikibooks.com
wikibooks.cz
wikibooks.org
wikicitaty.cz
wikidata.org
wikidisclosure.com
wikidisclosure.org
wikidruhy.cz
wikifamily.com
wikifamily.org
wikigis.com
wikigis.org
wikijunior.com
wikijunior.net
wikijunior.org
wikiknihy.cz
wikimania2006.org
wikimania2007.org
wikimaps.com
wikimaps.net
wikimediacommons.co.uk
wikimediacommons.de
wikimediacommons.eu
wikimediacommons.info
wikimediacommons.mobl
wikimediacommons.net
wikimediacommons.org
wikimedia.cz
wikimediafoundation.com
wikimediafoundation.net
wikimediafoundation.org
wikimedia.hu
wikimedia.li
wikimedia.lt
wikimedia.org
wikimedia.pl
wikimedia.se
wikimedia.us
wikimemory.org
wikimorial.com
wikimorial.org
wikinews.org
wikipaedia.net
wikipedie.cz
wikiquote.com
wikiquote.cz
wikiquote.net
wikiquote.org
wikislovnik.cz
wikisource.com
wikisource.cz
wikisource.org
wikispecies.com
wikispecies.cz
wikispecies.net
wikispecies.org
wikiversity.com
wikiversity.cz
wikiversity.org
wikiverzita.cz
wikizdroje.cz
wikizpravy.cz
wiktionary.com
wiktionary.cz
wiktionary.org

Thank you for your time.

-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
CTO, Wikimedia Foundation
San Francisco
+1 (415) 839-6885

Received autoreply:

ubject: Publisher Exclusion Request Autoreply
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:28:30 -0700
From: website-exclusion
To: Brion Vibber

Thank you for your submission to the Phorm website exclusion list. If
there are no obvious grounds to doubt the legitimacy of the request the
URL will be blocked as soon as possible, usually within 48 hours.

Requests must be made by the legitimate owner of the domain. If we have
questions regarding your domain Phorm may take a number of steps,
including attempting to contact the domain administrator by email for
confirmation of this request. If the request remains questionable and is
not confirmed within 10 days, the URL will be removed from the exclusion
list and an email will be sent informing you of this decision.

Where applicable, please ensure that the Administrative Contact details
for this domain are up to date. If you need to update them, please
resubmit your request when the amended details are visible in the WhoIs
database - (use a public whois service such as
_http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx_ if you are unsure it has been updated)

[TANZARELLI]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

It should be bloody opt in not out the check of it ffs

[Amethyst]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

https://secure.wikileaks.org/leak/fi...phorm-2008.pdf

ICO final statement on Phorm - removed from ICO site - issues of Opt-IN requirment.

Regulation 7 of PECR will require the ISP to get the consent of users to the use of their traffic
data for any value added services. This strongly supports the view that Phorm products will have
to operate on an opt in basis to use traffic data as part of the process of returning relevant
targeted marketing to internet users.

Keep an eye on Philip Main's FOI requests to the ICO over Phorm - Information freed from 'Information Commissioner’s Office' - WhatDoTheyKnow

[righty]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

Are you suggesting they may have been 'bought' off........... perish the thought

[Amethyst]

Re: Well DONE Amazon

Do we need to opt out?

If its only an email I think I'd rather we were opted out tbh.



website-exclusion@webwise.com

and add this

PHORM PROHIBITED
The contents of this site, and communications between this site and its users, are protected by database right, copyright, confidentiality and the right not to be intercepted conferred by section 1(3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The use of those contents and communications by Internet Service Providers or others to profile or classify users of this site for advertising or other purposes is strictly forbidden.