Phorm Legal Analysis: Out-Law.com
Thursday, May 1st, 2008An extensive article, “The Law of Phorm,” was published today by Struan
Robertson, a technology lawyer and editor of legal site Out-Law.com.
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=9090
It’s a very thorough, realistic and ultimately positive assessment of
Phorm’s system from an informed legal perspective. The Phorm technology underpins Webwise (www.webwise.com, www.bt.com/webwise), a new set of consumer features set to launch in the UK.
Unlike other analyses, the author focuses on the fact that there is no consumer harm, hence no realistic prospect of prosecution under RIPA (or anything else) including
DPA, PECR and the Fraud Act.