{"id":3958,"date":"2014-06-28T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:56:47","slug":"new-tool-for-canadians-to-learn-whether-telecoms-collecting-info-about-them-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/28\/new-tool-for-canadians-to-learn-whether-telecoms-collecting-info-about-them-ctv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New tool for Canadians to learn whether telecoms collecting info about them | CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/sci-tech\/the-new-way-canadians-can-discover-the-data-isps-are-collecting-1.1871201\">New tool for Canadians to learn whether telecoms collecting info about them | CTV News<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3972\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/spy-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"spy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/spy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/spy.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Canadians concerned about their online privacy have a new way to find out whether their telecom provider is collecting information about them &#8212; and sharing it with third parties like government entities.<\/p>\n<p>The new tool, developed by some of the country&#8217;s top privacy experts, makes it easier for Canadians to force their provider to disclose their practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/tool\">tool<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/news\">news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/telecoms\">telecoms<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/security\">security<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3958'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3958);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3958);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3958);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>New tool for Canadians to learn whether telecoms collecting info about them | CTV News Canadians concerned about their online privacy have a new way to find out whether their telecom provider is collecting information about them &#8212; and sharing &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/28\/new-tool-for-canadians-to-learn-whether-telecoms-collecting-info-about-them-ctv-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-3958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-11Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":553,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/04\/10\/ahhhhh-now-i-get-it-the-tea-party-folks-that-is\/","url_meta":{"origin":3958,"position":0},"title":"Ahhhhh! 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