Govt: Courts will Phorm their own opinion
Internet Marketing
25 April 2008
The Home Office has backed off its claim that Phorm's advert tracking software is illegal and left it for the courts to decide.
Tech news source, the Register, reported it said its recent guidance note "should not be taken as a definitive statement or interpretation of the law, which only the courts can give".
The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) has said the system infringed both data protection and interception laws, something Phorm has strongly rejected.
"FIPR is abusing its influence and promoting its own agenda by encouraging a frivolous debate about the legality of a legitimate e-commerce business," a post carried on the Guardian's technology blog claimed it said.
Despite privacy concerns, the Information Commissioner's Office has cleared the software and its next trial with BT, provided it first asks users to 'opt-in' to the tests.
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