But Topolski dismissed this as a side issue. Phorm captures people’s private data without permission, before those protection filters are implemented. Because companies like Phorm are accountable only to their shareholders, this leave the privacy of users and their data compromised, he said.

Clayton and other members of the discussion group said DPI should be tested against existing data-protection and privacy laws, before it becomes more widely used. This would either establish precedents that protect web users, or make it clear that new legislation is needed, they said.

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