tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post1228039682937086599..comments2023-03-31T11:54:52.813+00:00Comments on Surreptitious Evil: Did you have 'Phorm'?Surreptitious Evilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post-40794343331641293852008-05-12T07:45:00.000+00:002008-05-12T07:45:00.000+00:00Oh, a minor correction - it appears to be Alexande...Oh, a minor correction - it appears to be Alexander Hanff, rather than Hoff, and you can find his paper (pdf) <A HREF="http://www.paladine.org.uk/phorm_paper.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post-61245106868099021932008-05-12T07:41:00.000+00:002008-05-12T07:41:00.000+00:00You do spring up in the most unlikely of places LO...<I>You do spring up in the most unlikely of places LOL</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, seems to be yet another mockery of 'Do no harm'!<BR/><BR/><I>Be aware that Kent Ertugrul (CEO of Phorm) is a plonker.</I><BR/><BR/>Not the insult I would have chosen, really. 'Plonker' implies, under modern usage, harmless twit. I don't think Ertugrul is the latter and I am positive he isn't the former. If you want a Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post-40507313621131567922008-05-10T13:46:00.000+00:002008-05-10T13:46:00.000+00:00Er... Hello Phorm Comms (PR) Team. You do spring ...Er... Hello Phorm Comms (PR) Team. You do spring up in the most unlikely of places LOL<BR/><BR/>Right, everyone reading this... Be aware that Kent Ertugrul (CEO of Phorm) is a plonker. Secondly, his Comms (cough... PR) Team are also not very clever people. They, the expert PR team, thought it would be ok to "edit out" true facts about Phorm on Wikipedia. This was spotted and changed back. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post-57801691830091411792008-04-09T08:06:00.000+00:002008-04-09T08:06:00.000+00:00Dear "Phorm Comms",Firstly, if you are part of a p...Dear "Phorm Comms",<BR/><BR/>Firstly, if you are part of a professional PR team (and I have worked with such in the past), you need to learn how to spell. You have the 'failing to answer the questions posed' stuff down pat, though.<BR/><BR/>Phorm processes personal data - you cannot stop yourself from "processing" - check the definitions in the DPA, sensitive personal data, without explicit Surreptitious Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393411103584747731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35129540.post-70255169461649968262008-04-08T13:13:00.000+00:002008-04-08T13:13:00.000+00:00Hi thereI work as part of the comms team on behalf...Hi there<BR/>I work as part of the comms team on behalf of Phorm here in the UK. To respond to a copuple of your points, firstly we have developed Webwise to protect users privacy, delivering relevant ads without compromising on privacy online. As a result we do nto record or process everything. n fact all that is stored is a random number, advertising categories and a timestamp - that is it.Phorm Commshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910351640617668778noreply@blogger.com