Virgin start trials of Detica Cview, the new Phorm

Virgin Media is set to delve into users’ traffic looking for copyright infringement, in the online equivalent of opening your post and not telling you. It’s the first ISP to try deep packet inspection with the controversial Detica CView technology, which will ascertain levels of illegal music file sharing across the Virgin network.

Phorm shares fall

Shares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen by more than 40% after BT said it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour.

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Google in targeted marketing rules talks

Online publishers and technology firms are thrashing out proposals to self-regulate behaviourally targeted, online marketing.

Phorm plans international expansions of targeted ads

Phorm, the controversial online advertising group, plans to expand into foreign markets, and possibly TV, after the successful completion of a large-scale trial with BT.

Information retention requirements for ISPs are changing very soon.

New rules set to come into force in March will require all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.

Phorm retools board, focuses on UK

The US—rather surprisingly—is turning out to be more resistant than Europe to Internet advertisers like Phorm and NebuAd. Phorm, which has struggled to sign up US customers (it doesn’t appear to have any yet) for a service that uses clickstream data from ISPs to target ads to users, has now axed its four US board members and brought on more Brits to fill the seats, including former chancellor Norman Lamont.

Phorm appoints Norman Lamont as director

Phorm, a provider of targeted behavioural advertising technology, has announced it has appointed former Conservative chancellor Norman Lamont as a non-executive director.

Former Chancellor joins Phorm board

The controversial targeted advertising company, Phorm, is back in news as the former conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont, has been confirmed as joining the board.

Prosecutors gather evidence on secret BT – Phorm trials

‘Implied consent’ to be probed