Phorm Announces Losses of £16.6 million and is Poised for BT Trial
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Internet Security, Politics, Webmaster Chat | 2 Comments »Following our recent opinion pieces on Phorm, it has come to our attention that on Thursday 10th April, the company posted losses of $32.8 million (£16.6 million) which the it insisted were part of planned investments in infrastructure, people and ...
Digital TV Signal Finder
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Consumer Protection, General | No Comments »Enter your postcode to be shown your coverage overlaid on a map. I found this whilst trying to sort out why we keep getting Midlands local news instead of Yorkshire or Tees. The map is quite helpful as it showed ...
William Hague on Phorm!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, Internet Security, Politics | 13 Comments »Following our piece on the campaign against Phorm software proposals, I e-mailed my local MP, William Hague, asking him to represent my views to the relevant authorities. A speedy response appeared in the post, direct from the House of Commons. ...
Phorm -Glorified Spyware
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, Internet Security, Webmaster Chat | 2 Comments »BT, Talk Talk and Virgin are all signed up to use Phorm -which reads the websites visited by customers and then targets adverts to them based on the content of those sites. The information which appears on your screen ...
How to Leave Facebook
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Consumer Protection, Facebook, Internet Security | No Comments »There has been much made of Facebook's irresponsibility towards the privacy and control of individual's data over the last couple of months, the main gripe being that it is nigh on impossible to have your account and information permanently deleted. ...
UK Broadband Deals - BT Vs Sky
Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in Consumer Protection, General, Internet Security | 2 Comments »Having witnessed some fairly poor value broadband offers during our year in Australia, it is nice to note the positive impact that competition has had in the UK when it comes to buying in broadband services. This week, I have installed ...
You Can’t Buy Trust!
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Posted in Consumer Protection, General, Offbeat News, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox | No Comments »It is an age old adage that "you can't buy trust," but, as I overheard Dr Phil saying yesterday when I was having my lunch and channel hopping, "old sayings are old because they still ring true!" This saying perhaps comes ...
Northern Rock -how to buy a bank
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, General, Money Transfers, Unfair bank charges | 1 Comment »Northern Rock's monetary woes seemed more than just a little suspicious to me. One day, news was leaked out that Northern Rock had applied for emergency guarantees from the Bank of England and the British Government. The ensuing 40% slump ...
The Do Not Call Register Act (DNCRA) 2006 - a Step in the Right Direction!
Thursday, June 14th, 2007 Posted in Consumer Protection, General, Rob's Pulpit, Unfair bank charges | 1 Comment »I recently learned of a new law which came into effect on 31 May 2007 here in Australia which goes pretty far to eliminate what is, in my view, a practice operated only by the more sharkish businesses: cold calling. This ...