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[Ian Batten]

On 27 Feb 2008, at 20:34, Charles Lindsey wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:56:44 -0000, Ian Batten <igb@batten.eu.org>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/27/ 
>> bt_phorm_121media_summer_2007/
>>
>
> Having followed that link, I eventually encountered http://www.phorm.com/reports/Admission_to_AIM.pdf 
> , which seems to indicate that the system works either by BT/whoever  
> inserting extra javascript into web pages before passoing them on to  
> you

Which is, surely, a straightforward case for the Computer Misuse Act.   
I requested http://www.batten.eu.org/my/web/page and I got something  
else: stop messing with my data.

ian