Be sure that you are looking over your shoulder as you surf the web — your ISP might be watching you. Comcast was just busted for this (see article). While they stated that they were only using the information for caching purposes, merely having the information available could open them up to subpoenas in legal challenges. They have recently restated their privacy policy to ensure that everyone knows where they stand.

This is a lesson for users and service providers. It’s very important that you as a user know who is collecting data on you and why they are. It’s very important as a service provider that you aggregate information whenever possible and avoid keeping raw data to ensure that the Men in Black can’t ask you for it someday. While that probably seems paranoid, you know what they say — just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean that they aren’t out to get you.