Bell Sympatico has released their own rebuttal stating they don't intend to start spying on their Internet users despite the changes to their customer service agreement.
They are now saying a court order must be used before they monitor Internet activity which some think may include email. Well colour me confused, why is it then that you change your policy on June 15, 2006?.
Now as some of you bloggers may know after the Parliament returns in the fall it may introduce an Internet surveillance bill.
Which will make Internet activity data more available to Canadian law enforcement institutions, such as the RCMP without a federal warrant.
It should be noted that this law is not on the federal books at this time. The Government isn't even sure when it will introduce the bill back into the Parliament. Which begs the question why is Bell Canada changing it's user agreement if they are not even certain it will pass?.
On the other hand if the law does pass, telecommunications companies across Canada will have to add monitoring capabilities to their network.
Which can take time. Bell being the first telecommunications company to make this change could be being proactive. But they are assuming a great deal. We don't know if this bill will actually become law.
Bored yet? lol.
Feel free to comment if you're still awake lol.
Here is the article I'm referring to from the Toronto Sun:
http://torontosun.com/Money/2006/06/29/1659201-sun.html
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