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•Wikipedia Opts Out of Phorm User-Tracking
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By Ryan Singel April 16, 2009 | 7:23:35 PMCategories: Advertising Wikipedia told the controversial UK advertising firm Phorm on Thursday not to spy on Wikipedia's users, saying the company's plan to monitor what sites people visit on the net invaded ...


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•Wikipedia blocks Phorm
IT PRO, UK
Wikipedia has followed the lead of Amazon, and decided to block behavioural ad system Phorm. By Nicole Kobie, 17 Apr 2009 at 11:12 Wikipedia is to block behavioural advertising system Phorm, the foundation behind the site said today. ...


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•Wikipedia follows Amazon and blocks Phorm
PC Advisor, UK
Wikipedia is following in the footsteps of online retailer Amazon and blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its site. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing habits and then ...


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•Now it's Wikipedia's turn to say no to Phorm
TechRadar UK, UK
Just this week Amazon announced it will be taking no part in Phorm trials and now Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced his organisation, Wikimedia, will also have nothing to do with the targeted ad service. On the Wikimedia tech blog, ...


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•Wikipedia Opts-Out of Phorms Controversial ISP Advertising System
ISPReview UK, UK
Wikipedia, which is one of the largest online websites in the world, has become the latest to officially opt-out of Phorm's WebWise behavioural advertising technology. Phorm works with UK ISPs to monitor what websites you visit for use in targeted ...


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•Wikipedia follows Amazon UK and blocks Phorm
ComputerworldUK, UK
By Carrie-Ann Skinner Wikipedia is following in the footsteps of online retailer Amazon and blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its site. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing ...


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•Wikipedia blocks Phorm after Amazon says no to deep packet tracking
Macworld UK, UK
Wikipedia will follow in the footsteps of online retailer Amazon by blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its popular online encyclopedia. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing ...


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•Fri, 17 Apr 2009 Wikipedia blocks Phorm after Amazon says no to ...
Macworld UK, UK
Wikipedia will follow in the footsteps of online retailer Amazon by blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its popular online encyclopedia. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing ...


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•Wikipedia Declines Phorm's Invitation; Opts-Out of Controversial ...
ITProPortal, UK
Online Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has opted out of Phorm's behavioural ad targeting, user tracking scheme, a few days after Amazon chose to do so. The site, which is the 7th most visited website in the world (and the 10th most visited in the UK), ...


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•Wikipedia joins Amazon in rejecting Phorm
ComputerWeekly.com, UK
Wikipedia has joined online retailer Amazon and other large online firms in rejecting Phorm's Webwise service, which tracks users' activities and sends them targeted advertising. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has requested that all ...


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•Wikipedia Opts Out Of Phorm BT Scanning
Mediapost.com, NY
by Wendy Davis, 15 minutes ago Controversial ad company Phorm suffered another blow last week when online encyclopedia Wikipedia opted out of the company's behavioral targeting platform. "The Wikimedia Foundation requests that our Web sites including ...


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•Wikipedia also opts out of Phorm
Tech Digest, UK
Following in the footsteps of Amazon, the Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it too will be blocking user-profiling software Phorm from scanning its site. Interestingly, the blog post announcing the move mentioned that Wikimedia had an internal ...


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•Wikipedia follows Amazon and blocks Phorm
CIO, Germany
is following in the footsteps of online retailer and blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its site. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing habits and then delivers relevant ...


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•Wikipedia follows Amazon and blocks Phorm
The Industry Standard, CA
Wikipedia is following in the footsteps of online retailer Amazon and blocking targeted advertising system Phorm from tracking visitors to its site. Phorm's controversial service, known as 'Webwise', tracks users' online surfing habits and then ...


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•Wikipedia latest to reject Phorm 'snooping' technology
Times Online, UK
Wikipedia has joined Amazon.com in opting out of Phorm's controversial targeted advertising technology. Last week Amazon, one of the most popular websites in the world, said it would stop Phorm from using its web pages to gather data on internet users. ...


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•Amazon and Wikipedia phactor Phorm out of the privacy equation
iTWire, Australia
by Davey Winder Even if the UK Government are not going to stop Phorm spying on Internet users on privacy grounds, it looks like some of the biggest brands on the Web will. A lot has been written on iTWire about Phorm during the last year or so: how ...


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•Wikipedia latest to opt out of Phorm 10:45AM, Wednesday 22nd April ...
Computer Shopper, UK
Wikipedia has become the latest high-profile website to opt out of the controversial Webwise targeted advertising system. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs online projects such as Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikiversity, has sent an email to ...


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