<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/69b85e43-e059-46ba-8047-b135f5a829df/016F9D68-A7C2-488D-8DC0-89CA6B0F7575/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union"><P class="stand-first-alone" id="stand-first">In light of criticism from the EU, will the <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="UK government" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">UK government</MASHLOGIC> enact a new law on internet privacy or simply brazen it out once again?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union"><P>Nothing is going well for the <A title="" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/phorm">Phorm</A> behavioural advertising system this week. The <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="EU commission" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">EU commission</MASHLOGIC> has <A title="" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/15/internet-privacy-eu-legal-action">started legal action</A> because the UK hasn't regulated it properly, and now Amazon are joining <A title="" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/mar/26/guardianannouncesitwillnot">the Guardian</A>, <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA ymAHQYfVvAUvVL5bgVtc0A dd21bcb949ffc391b0eb5780b3542a99 cO1dd1z1VXztJV1c4GPg_A MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="LiveJournal" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-techcrunch mashlink-company-info mashlink-jobs-by-simplyhired mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, TechCrunch, Company Info, Jobs by SimplyHired, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">LiveJournal</MASHLOGIC>, mySociety and others in demanding an immediate end to the monitoring of traffic to their websites.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union"><P>The Phorm system learns your interests by snooping on your internet web traffic. Your <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA ac616f844b9a5ea5a827bf7fb99b1ad5 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="ISP" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-media-streamer mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Media Streamer, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">ISP</MASHLOGIC> does the necessary wiretap in exchange for a cut when advertisers pay a premium for learning precisely what to try and sell you. It's rather like the postman getting money to peek at your letters, so you can receive a better class of <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="junk mail" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">junk mail</MASHLOGIC>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union">the law says it's illegal to intercept internet traffic without permission from both ends of the link. However, legal niceties don't seem to have worried <A title="" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/02/privacy-civil-liberties" mashlogic-removed-href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/02/privacy-civil-liberties" mashlogic-unlinked-text="BT, the UK's largest ISP"><MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA ymAHQYfVvAUvVL5bgVtc0A dd21bcb949ffc391b0eb5780b3542a99 cO1dd1z1VXztJV1c4GPg_A ac616f844b9a5ea5a827bf7fb99b1ad5 MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="BT" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-techcrunch mashlink-company-info mashlink-jobs-by-simplyhired mashlink-media-streamer mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, TechCrunch, Company Info, Jobs by SimplyHired, Media Streamer, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">BT</MASHLOGIC>, the UK's largest ISP</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/15/phorm-internet-privacy-european-union"><H1>Whitehall's got <MASHLOGIC mashbutton="qAmfVSP6OWDmUwSYjxPLFA ymAHQYfVvAUvVL5bgVtc0A dd21bcb949ffc391b0eb5780b3542a99 cO1dd1z1VXztJV1c4GPg_A MmJ8DH6q_mf2UTUQnFmupw Q_t6tYmm9Hg4I5P5ye4Tyg" li-term="Phorm" class="mashlogic mashlink-wikipedia mashlink-techcrunch mashlink-company-info mashlink-jobs-by-simplyhired mashlink-documents-by-docstoc mashlink-documents-by-scribd" title="MashLogic: Wikipedia, TechCrunch, Company Info, Jobs by SimplyHired, Documents by Docstoc, Documents by Scribd">Phorm</MASHLOGIC></H1></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/016F9D68-A7C2-488D-8DC0-89CA6B0F7575/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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