Author: trotter Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] UK ISP TalkTalk Monitoring its Customers Online
Activity Without Consent
At 10:20 29/07/2010, you wrote:
> > "UK ISP TalkTalk Monitoring its Customers Online Activity Without Consent
>
>This, if true, would seem to be yet another clear breach of the Regulatory
>of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. But good luck trying to get that
>enforced - the police have been singularly unwilling even to investigate
>such criminal activity in the past.
Unfortunately so, with financial online crime being left to the banks to sort
out as well. Like they are going to do anything about it when their reputation
is at stake.
> > As a pipex customer it looks like I am being monitored and I am wondering
> > if the only way to stop it is to use a blocklist program?
>
>The only way to stop such behaviour is to make in commercially unviable.
>Ring up TalkTalk, tell them how disgusted you are with their behaviour,
>then migrate to an ISP with some basic level of ethics[1]
Apparently migrating from talk talk is notoriously difficult.
Is it something like 3 months before you can get the ombudsman involved?
Too long to be without internet unless i go with cable and virgin I guess.
Martin N
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