Hi .. this is perhaps a rather naive question, but here goes. In a nut shell.. I would like to know who is privy to my private information known by the ISP. Do/can the ISPs (rogers, bell etc.) track sites and surfing habits of a client? Who tracks my IP? Do they.. and can they legally give this information out or to legal authorities.. with or without my consent? Don't want to seem paranoid here.. just would like to know what information the service provder has. and under what circumstances this can be given to anyone.

Any info most enlightening.. thanks, S

Syrmpatico and a few other to watch and when need report it.They do not need your ok.As to what they can report any illegel event you are taking part in or doing research on.

Syrmpatico and a few other to watch and when need report it.They do not need your ok.As to what they can report any illegel event you are taking part in or doing research on.

interesting.. thanks for the response. Ok... I could understand that they might tip someone if I was say .. surfing for kid porn (I'm not), but what about downloading movies and such with torrents.. does this qualify as illegal and justify giving out info? I'm talking Rogers here BTW

When you download most movies you will get a email from your isp warning you.If you keeping doing it then they report you.

What Sympatico or Rogers can and can't do is spelled out in their privacy policy.

What information they give to authorities depends on what the authorities ask for and what the legal process will allow.

Contrary to what digihd says, they are not sitting their watching and reporting your internet usage!

What Sympatico or Rogers can and can't do is spelled out in their privacy policy.

What information they give to authorities depends on what the authorities ask for and what the legal process will allow.

Contrary to what digihd says, they are not sitting their watching and reporting your internet usage!


Hugh.. thanks. I would find it hard to believe that they would have the rescources to police ALL the cyber crap being downloaded by everyone of their customers, although I'm sure they have things that trip red flags. I wouldn't think that downloading torrent files would be one of these things though?

If you use a bit torrent client with encryption enabled, like uTorrent, the isp's do not know what you are doing.

They can't tell what the packet of information is other than it is data.

If you use a bit torrent client with encryption enabled, like uTorrent, the isp's do not know what you are doing.

They can't tell what the packet of information is other than it is data.

If your isp receives a report from Warner Brothers, etc. that you have downloaded one of their movies, then they will know what you are doing. That is why I recommend using utorrent (with encryption on) in conjunction with Peer Guardian.

If your isp receives a report from Warner Brothers, etc. that you have downloaded one of their movies, then they will know what you are doing. That is why I recommend using utorrent (with encryption on) in conjunction with Peer Guardian.

doesn't the encryption slow things down dramatically?

In fact, the encryption can actually speed up your torrents. A lot of ISPs will throttle down torrent files. They do this by sniffing the incomming data packets. Their system is able to tell them what information each packet contains. If the packet relates to a torrent download the system will slow the download.

The ISPs do this to prevent excessive use of their bandwidth (which you have already paid for).

With encryption turned on the ISPs don't know to throttle the torrent file down. Thus you can get really fast connections. Before encryption, a fast download might top out at 50 kB/s. After encryption it is not uncommon to reach well over 500 kB/s speeds.

https://www.shoprogers.com/about/legaldisclaimer.asp?shopperID=QNU26PG0UHR48PF6XLWQGGSA4BN0CM QC

You should be able to find what you're looking for buried here. Now, Rogers does track your IP address and will track what you browse but whether they will disclose this I don't know. Read the terms of service.

As for ISP reporting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_in_Canada

See "2004: BMG Canada Inc. v. John Doe" about half way down the first page...