Data pimping

Data pimping

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]

Contents

Also Known As

intra-ISP spyware

See also

Behavioral targeting

ISPs employing data pimping

Currently Partnered with Phorm

Previously Partnered with Phorm


For a detailed list of UK ISPs with regards to their application of intra ISP spyware technologies, see [1]

Partnered with NebuAd

References

  1. ^ Net think thank: Phorm is illegal
  2. ^ BT's 'illegal' 2007 Phorm trial profiled tens of thousands
  3. ^ BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006
  4. ^ ISP data deal with former 'spyware' boss triggers privacy fears
  5. ^ American ISPs already sharing data with outside ad firms
  6. ^ a b Charter Will Monitor Customers’ Web Surfing to Target Ads
  7. ^ http://www.tcmagazine.nl/comments.php?shownews=27746&catid=6
  8. ^ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-talktalk-follows-bt-and-dumps.html


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