At last. A major Uk ISP has had its collar felt by the police in regard to illegally intercepting internet traffic.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/05/bt_phorm_police_meeting/City of London police questioned BT earlier this week as part of a probe into the covert wiretapping and profiling of the internet use of tens of thousands of BT customers during tests of Phorm's adware system. City of London CID met BT representatives on Tuesday.
Officers have been examining the dossier of evidence handed to Wood Street police station by campaigners following the 16 June protest against BT's planned full deployment of Phorm's technology. It included the internal documents detailing the 2006 trial, which we reported here.
There's no indication as to whether formal proceedings will be brought. Considerations will include whether it falls within City of London police's remit to investigate crimes that affect the residents or workers of London's financial district, and whether charges would be proportionate and in the public interest.
BT ran a test in September 2006 that sought to target web advertising based on 18,000 of its broadband subscribers' behaviour. The internal report on the two week operation said that its specific aim was to track users without them noticing.
I notice the usual get-out-of-jail-card talk coming from the register again, youll notice the talk of whether a prosecution is valid and under EU and UK law it most certainly is and also the hinted reference to whether a prosecution would be in the public interest, well for those bureacrats who think they can hide this case, you can forget it
we the people are watching and waiting for justice.
