Open Directory - Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly Unethical Firms: Phorm

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BadPhorm - Alleges that Phorm and several UK ISPs collect and market personal data in a way that potentially breaches privacy expectations.
Dephormation - Provides information and suggested solutions to web users and website owners to block their information from the Phorm system, including a Firefox extension.
Inphormation Desk - Examines deep packet inspection technology and its drawbacks.
No Deep Packet Inspection - A campaign against the clickstream analysis used by Phorm and other similar advertising networks.
Phormwatch - Blog providing news and tracking companies connected with Phorm's system and trials thereof.
Phormwatch - Blog providing news and tracking companies connected with Phorm's system and trials thereof. [Atom]
The Register: The Phorm files - Links to articles published by The Register covering developments in the Phorm system and activism against it.
Wikipedia: Phorm - Encyclopedia article about the company and its proposed services.
Petition to Prevent Private Companies Profiling Users' Internet Stream from within ISPs - Petition for the UK Prime Minister to investigate the legality of behavioural advertising based on the analysis of user traffic through ISPs, and to tighten laws to outlaw these methods if necessary. Online signup and list of signatories. (March 16, 2010)
BBC News: Home Office 'Colluded with Phorm' - The Home Office is accused of collaborating with online ad system Phorm on "informal guidance" over whether the service broke UK law. (April 28, 2009)
Online Behavioural Targeted Advertising – Privacy International's Position - Position paper explaining PI's belief that online behavioural targeting for online commercial advertising using the technology of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is a dangerous and potentially unlawful technique that is fraught with unethical practice. (April 20, 2009)
BBC News: EC Starts Legal Action on Phorm - The European Commission begins legal action over the way online advertising technology Phorm has been tested in the UK. (April 14, 2009)
The Open Rights Group: Call for Major Websites to opt out of Phorm - An open letter, sent to the Chief Privacy Officers at major websites calling for them to protect their users by preventing data sent to their users being profiled. (March 22, 2009)
BBC News: UK Government Responds on Phorm - A controversial ad-serving system can be rolled out in the UK but only under strict guidelines, says the government. (September 16, 2008)
BBC News: UK Questioned on Online Ad System - The UK government has been given a month to respond to EU concerns over Phorm. (August 06, 2008)
The Phorm "Webwise" System - A Legal Analysis - Paper by Nicholas Bohm, in which he argues that the proposed system is likely to fall foul of data interception, privacy, data protection, and fraud laws in the UK. [PDF] (April 23, 2008)
Light Blue Touchpaper: The Phorm "Webwise" System - Blog post by Richard Clayton giving his views on the system following a meeting with Phorm officials. (April 04, 2008)
The Phorm "Webwise" System - Paper by Richard Clayton, providing technical details of the proposed system following a meeting with Phorm engineers. [PDF] (April 04, 2008)

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