Sir Tim Berners-Lee on web activity tracking

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rich Kulawiec [rsk () gsp org]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:44 AM
To: David Farber; Richard Forno; Fergie
Subject: Sir Tim Berners-Lee on web activity tracking

        Web creator rejects net tracking
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7299875.stm

Excerpt:

        The creator of the web has said consumers need to be protected
        against systems which can track their activity on the internet.

        Sir Tim Berners-Lee told BBC News he would change his internet
        provider if it introduced such a system.

        Plans by leading internet providers to use Phorm, a company
        which tracks web activity to create personalised adverts, have
        sparked controversy.

        Sir Tim said he did not want his ISP to track which websites
        he visited.

        "I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form
        of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company
        and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5%
        because they've figured I'm looking at those books," he said.

        Sir Tim said his data and web history belonged to him.

        He said: "It's mine - you can't have it. If you want to use it for
        something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree,
        I have to understand what I'm getting in return."

---Rsk

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