Changes made to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers act could lead to ISPs being unable to properly manage traffic on their networks while allowing companies to snoop on private communications without fear of penalties, claims...

The Crown Prosecution Service has decided against prosecuting BT and Phorm over the secret trial of a new online behavioural marketing tool that installed cookies on browsers without user consent. The CPS found that there was...

The Crown Prosecution Service has declared that it will not be prosecuting Phorm and BT over the pair's plans to use deep-packet inspection techniques to spy on users' Internet traffic for the purposes of delivering targeted...

BT and Phorm have walked away from court unscathed after a case involving the pair's use of invasive technology to track Internet use collapsed. BT used Phorm's tracking software, which was intended to help deliver individualised...

The Home Office has decided to meet with the Open Rights Group to discuss the data interception issues surrounding the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).According to the BBC, this meeting has been forced...

TalkTalk is to trial a new version of its anti-malware software, which some critics have claimed spies on the ISP’s users. The system works by scanning websites for malware and virusesbefore they reach users...

Companies offering adverts based on deep packet inspection tracking technology are making a comeback after UK and US privacy champions had earlier threatened their existence. According to The Wall Street Journal, Phorm, which...

The UK could face a hefty fine from the EU for failing to comply with EU rules on Internet privacy. The European Commission said it has decided to sue the UK in the European Court of Justice in what it terms an "infringement...

Online advertising firm Phorm has announced that it is making good progress in trialling its user online behaviour-based adverts.The company recently released the first batch of targeted adverts to those who previously opted in...

UK's biggest consumer ISP has been lambasted by the Information Commissioner's Office after it carried out an anti-malware test in which it logged websites its customers visited online without informing them. Christopher Graham,...

In yet another major setback to the advertising firm Phorm, Virgin Media has notified that it has no immediate plans to roll-out Phorm's contentious Webwise targeted advertising technology. Virgin emphasised it was never...

After BT, Carphone Warehouse, the telecom giants behind Tiscali, Talktalk, AOL broadband, Opal and so many ISPs, has announced that it will not using Webwise, the controversial ad targeting system devised by Phorm. In a statement...

Shares in the contentious online advertising company Phorm have plummeted notably by more than 40 percent after BT notified that it had no “immediate plans” for using the company’s targeted advertising...

Phorm, the firm which specialises in tracking online behaviour of web users, saw its shares dropping sharply today in light of the announcement from BT that it has not plans for using the firm’s services in near future. It...

The controversial behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has come up with a new “recommendation engine” to assist web searchers easily find related content within various websites.  The new web search service,...