Whilst it looks like the UK government are happy to allow ISP lawbreaking it seems their European counterparts are not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7542810.stmThe UK government has until the end of August to respond to a letter from the European Union about a controversial system which monitors web traffic.
EU commissioner Viviane Reding has asked the UK government to clarify whether the Phorm system is in breach of European data laws.
Phorm tracks users' web habits in order to better target ads at them and three UK ISPs are so far signed up to it.
BT is due to begin a widescale trial of the service imminently.
Revelations that the telco conducted secret trials without seeking the consent of customers have led opponents of the scheme to call for it to be prosecuted.
If you or I hijacked users page requests and delivered our ads on pages that dont have any or had rivals ads on we would be rightly held up to public shame, however if your BT the big ex government monopoly telecoms provider it seems its fine to do this and the paid politicians are more than happy to do nothing while UK data protection laws and communications intereption laws are broken.
I have long suspected certain politicians are in the pockets of some large commercial anti democratic groups, this proves it once and for all.
