If this does contravene the Data Protection Act 1998 howcome the ISPs are getting away with it and not been sued to date, no one bothered?

Hope I’m wrong…. maybe this is the way that Internet is going, note how it alway’s starts with the big guys, BT and Virgin I mean.

I may as well tell them they are at the moment going up a blind alley, but if they find me beware my “BITE” is far worse than my “BARK”!

care of the US NY times and LadyMinion at
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33628733-virgin-media-phorm-webwise-adverts-updated-page-102.html#post34510801 for first spoting it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/business/media/20adcoside.html?ref=business
“”Quote:
” As you browse, we’re able to categorize all of your Internet actions ,” said Virasb Vahidi, the chief operating officer of Phorm. ” We actually can see the entire Internet .”

The company, called Phorm, has created a tool that can track every single online action of a given consumer, based on data from that person’s Internet service provider.”

what do you make of that then, puts a while new meaning to
official statments such as
“Phorm technology is groundbreaking because it serves relevant advertising (we can have a separate debate about that, but I suspect you’re a realist and believe that without advertising support, lots of sites wouldn’t exist) without storing data: no PII no IP address no browsing histories.”

and all the rest, dont you think?.

i wonder what the UK and EU data commissioners and the courts will make of it,to name but three, comments….

remember people, we have this: tell your friends, use it.

“UK consumers wake up to privacy”

link: http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2008/information_rights_press_release_final1.pdf

For a copy of the ‘Data Protection Guide for Dummies’ please go to http://www.ico.gov.uk

Our data protection rights

• An organisation should tell you what it is going to do with your information before you provide any details unless this is obvious

• Your information should only be used for the reason it was collected in the first place (unless you give your consent to your information being used in other ways)

• An organisation should not collect any information which is unnecessary. You only need to provide the basic information which is required to deliver the service required

• Your information should be kept accurate and up to date – if you ask any organisation to make changes to your details, it should do this

• An organisation should not keep your details if they are no longer needed

• An organisation must provide you with copies of all information held on you - if you ask. You can also ask an organisation to stop using your personal information if it is causing you damage or distress or if you wish to stop it being used for marketing purposes.

• An organisation must keep your personal information secure at all times

• An organisation should not transfer your personal details to another country unless adequate data protection arrangements are in place.

and then it goes on to say….

David Smith said: “For any of us to have trust in an organisation we must be confident that our information is held securely and processed in line with data protection rules. If we all regularly start to ask the right questions then organisations will respond to public demand and take the protection of our personal information more seriously. If organisations fail to recognise the importance of data protection they not only risk losing business. They could also face action from the ICO.”

It is almost inevitable that countries like Burma, Iran, China & others will seek to acquire Phorm or similar technologies to assist in profiling and targeting legitimate dissenters.

There needs to be a blanket ban on the export of Phorm & similar intercept/profiling technologies to repressive regimes.

See below for some details of what can be done with DNS some legitimate, but some really dodgy trends which are becoming more & more prevalent!

C:\>nslookup http://www.google.com 208.67.222.222
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.l.google.com
Addresses: 216.239.59.103, 216.239.59.99, 216.239.59.104, 216.239.59.147
Aliases: http://www.google.com

C:\>nslookup http://www.goggogllle.com 208.67.222.222
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.goggogllle.com
Address: 208.69.32.130 ***Relocated 404 Error to Serve Ads etc!****
********
$$$$This should be a 404 error returned to Browser as below to report not found!!!$$$
*** resolver1.opendns.com can’t find http://www.goggogllle.com: Non-existent domain
*********

C:\>nslookup http://www.google.com 4.2.2.2
Server: vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.2
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.l.google.com
Addresses: 66.249.91.103, 66.249.91.147, 66.249.91.104, 66.249.91.99
Aliases: http://www.google.com

C:\>nslookup http://www.goggogllle.com 4.2.2.2
Server: vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.2
*** vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net can’t find http://www.goggogllle.com: Non-existent domain

C:\>nslookup http://www.google.com 194.74.65.69
Server: ns7.bt.net
Address: 194.74.65.69
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.l.google.com
Addresses: 66.249.91.147, 66.249.91.103, 66.249.91.99, 66.249.91.104
Aliases: http://www.google.com
C:\>nslookup http://www.goggogllle.com 194.74.65.69
Server: ns7.bt.net
Address: 194.74.65.69
*** ns7.bt.net can’t find http://www.goggogllle.com: Non-existent domain

C:\>nslookup http://www.google.com 217.146.139.5
Server: ns1.de.eu.orsn.net
Address: 217.146.139.5
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.l.google.com
Addresses: 209.85.129.104, 209.85.129.99, 209.85.129.147
Aliases: http://www.google.com

C:\>nslookup http://www.goggogllle.com 217.146.139.5
Server: ns1.de.eu.orsn.net
Address: 217.146.139.5
*** ns1.de.eu.orsn.net can’t find http://www.goggogllle.com: Non-existent domain

C:\>nslookup http://www.google.com 67.138.54.100
Server: 067-138-054-100.nsi-communications.com
Address: 67.138.54.100
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: http://www.l.google.com
Addresses: 64.233.167.99, 64.233.167.147, 64.233.167.104
Aliases: http://www.google.com

C:\>nslookup http://www.goggogllle.com 67.138.54.100
Server: 067-138-054-100.nsi-communications.com
Address: 67.138.54.100
Name: http://www.goggogllle.com
Address: 67.138.54.98 ***Relocated 404 Error to Serve Ads etc!****
********
$$$$This should be a 404 error returned to Browser as below to report not found!!!$$$
*** 067-138-054-100.nsi-communications.com can’t find http://www.goggogllle.com: Non-existent domain
*********

Notice all the Different Aliases for http://www.google.com depending on the ISP DNS Server, this of course “could be” entirely genuine in order to handle the router traffic, or it “could be” a redirect through one of their own router’s for another purpose?
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**dns.sysip.net was logged as a BT DNS Server by MY ROUTER last year for example!**
If I had known why at the time I would have kept the log!
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The worrying trend is that some ISP’s have started to redirect the user to a custom page when a webpage is misspelt etc. *See Above*

Even more worrying is that some sites are reporting detections of some rogue ISPs intercepting DNS calls & replacing the call with their own DNS aliases!!

Redirection of DNS is like redirection of your mail, legitimate if done properly by your Service, but redirection or interception is illegal unless due process of law is followed!

****Therefore DNS Servers/ISP DNS Servers need closer monitoring to comply with safe use on the Internet!****

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BT J’Accuse of redirecting/intercepting my legitimate communications with others, without due consent of Law & I insist you remove all such monitoring devices forthwith, which may still be doing so at present!
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I afraid that there are some secret services behind who will have a simple ability to gather web-profiles on citizens in addition to dna, fingerprints, cctv records etc.

I think that the only way to win over this - to spread truth in mass. To educate public and make this kind of business feel dirty. Then BT, Virgin and other gridy businesses will abandon partnership being afraid to lose money on bad publicity.

I personally see those people same as Soho brothel owners who can do anything to get rich. I despise them.