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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

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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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"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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"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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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

Dries Spans commented on Dries Spans's blog post ISP and Privacy

"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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Dries Spans replied to The Shiznit's discussion Net Neutrality News Items in the group Net Neutrality Watchdog

"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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Nathan Davies commented on Dries Spans's blog post ISP and Privacy

"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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RED ALERT: Obama Seizes TOTAL CONTROL

"This guy isn't the most presentable fellow to look at, and from checking out his YouTube channel and his personal web page he seems to be very egotistical, as well as a bit of an New World Order conspiracist and fear-monger, but... his views…"

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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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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 2 Likes

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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