Data pimping
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Data pimping is a pejorative term used to describe the act of an Internet service provider (ISP) profiting from the sale of its users' personal clickstream data.[1] The practice of data pimping first appeared through British Telecom's secret, allegedly illegal trials of the controversial Webwise system developed by Phorm, a former spyware company.[2][3][4] The phenomenon of data pimping is being researched and utilized by several ISPs, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.[5]
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[edit] Behavioral targeting
[edit] ISPs employing data pimping
[edit] Currently Partnered with Phorm
[edit] Previously Partnered with Phorm
- British Telecom - BT retail [7]
- Talk Talk[8]
For a detailed list of UK ISPs with regards to their application of intra ISP spyware technologies, see [1]
[edit] Partnered with NebuAd
[edit] References
- ↑ Net think thank: Phorm is illegal
- ↑ BT's 'illegal' 2007 Phorm trial profiled tens of thousands
- ↑ BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006
- ↑ ISP data deal with former 'spyware' boss triggers privacy fears
- ↑ American ISPs already sharing data with outside ad firms
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Charter Will Monitor Customers’ Web Surfing to Target Ads
- ↑ http://www.tcmagazine.nl/comments.php?shownews=27746&catid=6
- ↑ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-talktalk-follows-bt-and-dumps.html
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