Telus sharing personal location data with PHAC

If you think Telus is their only source of data, you'd be mistaken. The government can get the anonymized location data from all providers rather easily. Detailed location data usually is only possible though the proper legal channels.

Microsoft also collects a massive amount of data on users. The telemetry is built into Windows so Microsoft knows how many times you've even opened a specific program or file. Facebook and Google are very invasive in their tracking, even if you've never created an account. Amazon is another bad one for tracking users, again even if you've never created an account with them. Those companies can identify everything about you, especially if you have an account with any of them. Crave's website actually has Tiktok analytics on it now in addition to the long list of other analytics trackers on there. There are so many other trackers out there it's impossible to count them all. They're hidden in the apps on your phone/tablet, the apps on your computer, and pretty much nearly every website in existence. 

There is no easy way to avoid being tracked unless you get rid of the modern conveniences of technology and go back to a landline, buy everything with cash, and never connect to the internet.