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1. Comment - Congressmen call for a halt to one CATV firm's Web tracking plans

   (May 20, 2008 - 11:54 AM)

   So what do Charter's customers get in return for Charter's data-mining of their surfing habits - besides targeted ads?
   
   I love how Charter assumes that just because they provide the pipe they have the right to filter and analyse their customers' data and sell it off to advertisers.
   
   I'm absolutely sick and tired of all these companies collecting and selling every bit of personal data they can get their hands on. Congress has been completely derelict in its duty to protect consumers from this form of constant privacy invasion.
   
   It's for this reason that I, shockingly, wish my service provider was actually the government, such as a municipal wi-fi service, because the government as a provider would be governed by the "Bill of Rights," specifically the Fourth Amendment, making this form of data-mining illegal.
   
   Fourth Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..."
   
   This is exactly why government employees have far more privacy protections at works than do employees in the private sector. Private sector employers, because they own the equipment and facilities, have the right to spy on their employees in just about any manner they wish, especially, their employees' Internet and Telephone usage.