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ISP and Privacy (Reply)

Got a reply to my question from my ISP today, about my previous blog (ISP and Privacy). Seems like I wasn't on the priority list, but I got an answer even if it took one month.Here is a translation/summary of what they had to say:For my phone-line:Time and date of the callTelephone number of the person you callTelephone number of the person who calls youFor my internet connection:Time and date the connection…See More
Aug 10, 2012
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SparTom007 - Tom commented on Dries Spans's blog post ISP and Privacy (Reply)
"Here's some nice software that lets you see and block what cookies sites are using to gather data on you ;) AVG (free antivirus software) that blocks tracking cookies which websites use to gather data about your internet usage statistics and…"
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ISP and Privacy (Reply)

Got a reply to my question from my ISP today, about my previous blog (ISP and Privacy). Seems like I wasn't on the priority list, but I got an answer even if it took one month.Here is a translation/summary of what they had to say:For my phone-line:Time and date of the callTelephone number of the person you callTelephone number of the person who calls youFor my internet connection:Time and date the connection…See More
Aug 9, 2012
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Dries Spans replied to The Shiznit's discussion Livestream Events - Looking for Ideas
"If it can be of any help, a good collection of free docu's can be found here: documentaryheaven.com They have an activists section."
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Dries Spans replied to Marko Bilić's discussion Should we give a damn?
"I have to comply with the Matrix statement. The first time I watched that movie I was the typical Hollywood fan boy who was just looking for some fast action scenes. Once you start applying it to your findings it makes a whole lot more sense. I also…"
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"For "the celebrity status" I would go without a doubt for Youtube. I got to know almost every internet celebrity through Youtube. I can't say that I even found one through Reddit or Facebook. I like to know the face/personality behind…"
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Dries Spans replied to The Shiznit's discussion Net Neutrality News Items in the group Net Neutrality Watchdog
"Australian government composes a new proposal for intelligence agencies: - Phone and internet data will be retained for up to two years - Increased access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter - Forced to hand over computer…"
Jul 12, 2012
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"Starting to doubt whether there is an appropriate service. Looking into how I can pressure them a bit more, any suggestion/experience is welcome."
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"Russia's lower house of parliament passes bill that enables censorship, despite criticism from the country's most popular websites. Amongst the reasons to censor website are: advocating suicide, substance abuse, excessively risky behavior…"
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"Keep us posted on how this goes. I'm very interested in seeing how much information can be kept (or is kept) about our activities online. I've always tried to take the safe approach and just assume that everything I did would be watched,…"
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The Obama Admin is seizing total control. The road to tyranny is here, what are you doing about it? http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/exe...
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Dries Spans replied to The Shiznit's discussion Net Neutrality News Items in the group Net Neutrality Watchdog
"Good round-up about efforts being made to guarantee net neutrality and the attempts to crack down on it. Efforts to preserve online freedom reveal threats After ACTA was killed in European Parliament, they are planning to revive it again with CETA?…"
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ISP and Privacy (Reply)

Posted on August 9, 2012 at 7:23pm 1 Comment

Got a reply to my question from my ISP today, about my previous blog (ISP and Privacy). Seems like I wasn't on the priority list, but I got an answer even if it took one month.

Here is a translation/summary of what they had to say:…

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ISP and Privacy

Posted on July 3, 2012 at 9:30pm 7 Comments

Since I've been into on-line privacy and censorship I wanted to research the privacy policy of my ISP.

The only document I found was: privacy.pdf and some reference to Belgian law.

I now proceeded and contacted my ISP asking what kind of data they keep about me, for how long and if I can get a copy of it.

Curious if I'm going to get a straight answer from them,…

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