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CIPPIC Files Privacy Complaint Over DPI

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @02:54AM from the show-us-your-packets dept.

dj_yaz writes "A group of University Of Ottawa law students who deal with online privacy issues last week filed a complaint with Canada's Privacy Commissioner about Bell Canada's use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to monitor internet subscribers' online activities without their knowledge or consent."

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Re:How Relevant by Anonymous Coward · 2008-05-13 05:57 · Score: -1, Redundant

Looks like Charter is using DPI, and your browsing habits to "replace" adds on the websites you visit with their own ads that are "more relevant". ... I would be pissed if I was a webmaster, and lost revenue becuase the ISP's replaced my ads. Lawsuit, anyone?