The company behind an ISP-based web-advertising user-tracking system has denied claims that what it is doing is illegal. Phorm — whose Webwise and Open Internet Exchange (OIX) technologies were used ...

Phorm has, to its credit, always tried to engage with public discussion and concern about its ad-targeting service - but its latest move might have gone a little too far. The 'StopPhoulPlay' website ...

Phorm, a provider of targeted behavioural advertising technology, has announced it has appointed former Conservative chancellor Norman Lamont as a non-executive director. Lamont was appointed on ...

The controversial online advertising company Phorm has come under fierce criticism for its tool that tracks users' online surfing habits. Many people argue that the firm's Webwise technology breaches ...

The backlash against British online behavioral-advertising company Phorm picked up speed on Wednesday, as online retailer Amazon confirmed that it had asked not to be screened by the Web-browsing ...

Phorm, an Aim-listed online advertising technology specialist that once boasted deals with Britain’s biggest broadband providers before it was engulfed by a privacy scandal, is to cease trading with ...

British ISP Virgin Media may be pulling out of trials with behavioral targeting firm Phorm, which will come as a serious blow to Phorm's controversial consumer tracking technology. England's number ...

Phorm—even the name conjures up “phear” among opponents of the company’s targeted advertising technology. But what does Phorm say about itself? Its stated goal is “to create a new, more responsive, ...

A few weeks back the controversial web-tracking behavioural advertising firm Phorm got in touch to invite me to a press launch. The company promised a "new and groundbreaking consumer proposition." I ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK news every morning. Shares in Phorm leapt 40 per cent as hopes rose for a full launch of its targeted advertising technology by BT.

From the moment Phorm first hit the headlines in 2008, controversy has dogged the online advert targeting firm. Its history as a technology company accused of peddling spyware immediately antagonised ...