{"id":14916,"date":"2015-11-30T08:05:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2015-11-30T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:05:58","slug":"td-visa-customers-browsing-activities-open-to-surveillance-by-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14916","title":{"rendered":"TD Visa customers’ browsing activities open to ‘surveillance’ by bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TD Visa customers’ browsing activities open to ‘surveillance’ by bank<\/a><\/h3>\n

Bank denies collecting general information about what customers do online<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Colin Laughlan’s special interest in privacy legislation made him notice the fine print that gives TD Canada Trust Visa cardholders access to clients’ online activities. (CBC)<\/p>\n

A B.C. man decided to Go Public after discovering Canada’s second-biggest bank can access and collect information on all of its customers’ online activities, even those that aren’t banking-related.<\/div>\n

CBC News investigates<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colin Laughlan is one of thousands of Canadians who had his Visa cards switched from CIBC to TD in 2014 after the Aeroplan rewards program changed banks.<\/p>\n

“When I saw this \u2014 I really had to read it two or three times to make myself believe I was reading what I was reading,” he said.<\/p>\n

He points to two lines in the 66-page Visa cardholder agreement that allows TD to collect details about anything \u2014 and everything \u2014 customers do online.<\/p>\n

Under the privacy section of the\u00a0cardholder agreement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“COLLECTING AND USING YOUR INFORMATION \u2014 At the time you request to begin a relationship with us and during the course of our relationship, we may collect information including:<\/p>\n