According to the CBC, The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic found that Bell Canada “failed to obtain the consent of its retail and wholesale internet customers in applying its deep-packet inspection technology, which tells the company what subscribers are using their connections for.”
The group has called on the CRTC to investigate the potential privacy violations.
Whether or not these allegations are true, the fact remain– digital privacy and net neutrality are deeply intertwined.
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