Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Great, the cover it with bullcrap and it comes up smelling of
roses argument wins again. Well, not quite, it seems. Now the European
Union Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding has got involved.
She
has written to the UK Government to formally ask them for clarification
on whether Phorm has broken European data laws. With BT due to start a
more widespread trial of 10,000 users any time now, the answer cannot
come soon enough.
Although the exact details of the EU letter
are not known, and sadly there have been no comprehensive leaks on this
occasion, it has been widely reported that the Government has until the
end of the month to respond.
Pressure from the EU, an e-petition
at the 10 Downing Street website
which to date has received more than 16,000 signatures, and relentless
campaigning by privacy groups will all ensure that the Government
listens.
Whether it will force the Information Commissioner, BT
or Phorm to change their respective minds is, of course, another matter
altogether.
"We will continue to maintain close contact with
Phorm and BT throughout the trial," says an Information Commissioner's
Office spokesperson.
"Clearly the trial should reveal whether this is a service that web
users want, whether it is privacy friendly and that users are
comfortable with the privacy safeguards put in place by Phorm."
David Bass
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