15th January, 2008
ISPA Announces Internet Hero, Villain And IWF Nominees For The 2008 ISPAs – The 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) in association with Epitiro has launched this year’s search for the UK Internet industry’s top performers.
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) – the UK’s leading Internet trade association – today reveals its nominations for the ‘net’s heroes and villains of
2007.
The ISPA Council have nominated individuals or organisations that have helped or hindered the Internet Industry, to receive either the Internet ‘Hero’ or ‘Villain’ award at
The 2008 ISPAs – the 10th annual UK Internet Industry Awards in association with Epitiro.
This year’s ‘Hero’ nominees, sponsored by UKFast, are:-
Facebook
“For respecting peoples’ browsing privacy by retracting the Beacon service, a system which automatically records user’s online spending habits, by making it an opt-in not opt-out service.”
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
“For keeping a keen eye on the promotional websites of financial services and warning that they are not fair or clear enough. A quarter of 77 sites reviewed "failed to present information in a fair, clear and not misleading way", the FSA said.”
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness
“For leading the push to increase Internet access speeds, paving the way for services such as high-definition Internet TV.”
Peter Robbins OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
“For his continued leadership of the IWF and approach to fostering extensive partnerships with the Internet industry, the government and law enforcement agencies to tackle illegal online content.”
Derek Wyatt MP
“For a decade of support promoting the Internet in the UK Parliament as chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group since 1997.”
This year’s Villain nominees are:-
BPI
“For its heavy handed approach against consumers rather than engaging in constructive dialogue with the Internet industry when dealing with filesharing.”
BT Wholesale
“For changing the whole engineering plan for 21CN only six months before
the launch date."
David Cameron MP
“For buddying up with the music industry and trying to appeal to a younger audience.”
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
“For failing to take the protection of peoples’ personal data seriously and highlighting bad practice in protecting data by loosing computer disks containing confidential details of 25 million child benefit recipients.”
Nicolas Sarkozy, The French President
"For his proposed new tax on Internet access and mobile phone use to fund France's two public television channels, which would be free of advertising.”
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award is selected by the IWF, an organisation created to combat child abuse images and criminal material online. It will recognise an individual or organisation that has fought against child abuse content online.
The nominations for the IWF Award, sponsored by Orange are:-
Brightfilter
“For commitment to consumer e-safety by offering ISPs, free of charge, the opportunity to deploy the Brightfilter filtering solution to protect their customers from accidentally stumbling across indecent images of children.”
Childnet International – Know IT All
“For producing a range of excellent multi-media interactive learning resources for children, parents and teachers aimed at enhancing the online experience of children.”
Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon - EU Kids Online project
“For their work to develop a flexible policy framework and further the academic research agenda into how people, especially children, use new media to assist in the formulation of recommendations for child safety, media literacy and risk awareness.”
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP
“For his longstanding contribution extolling the virtues of good practice, at home and abroad, of a self-regulatory approach to combating criminal content on the Internet.”
Richard Swetenham - Head of the eContent and Safer Internet Unit at the European Commission
“For his involvement with the issue of Internet content since 1996, drafting the first Communication on illegal and harmful Internet content. He has been the driving force behind a variety of very successful EC Safer Internet Programmes, in particular the development of the INHOPE association of Hotlines.”
The winners from the above nominees will be awarded their titles at
The 2008 ISPAs alongside 14 other categories, entered by the UK’s leading Internet companies.
Winners will be presented with a coveted ISPA Award at a gala dinner held at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square on the 14th March 2008.
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Notes to Editors
The categories for The 2008 ISPAs are as follows:-
ISP Division
Special Awards
- The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award sponsored by
Orange
- Internet Hero sponsored by UKFast
- Internet Villain
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award
The views expressed in this release are those of the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) and do not necessarily reflect the corporate policies of the individual companies that are members of the Association.
For further information, please contact the ISPA Press Office
by email
or Tel: 020 7609 1907
About the Internet Services Providers’ Association:
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent providers of Internet services in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry. For a list of members or other information about ISPA, please consult the website:
http://www.ispa.org.uk
About Epitiro:
Epitiro's is the UK's leading provider of Customer Experience Monitoring products and services that cover the end-to-end processes of service delivery, service assurance and network performance, providing a benchmark in delivery and customer expectation. Epitiro's products collect analyze and compare the Key Performance Indicators across a range of IP services in real time. They provide location-based reporting and comparison ensuring the identification and analysis of the root causes of unacceptable network performance.
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