The shrinkwrap agreements were held to be unenforcable here in the states, too.. On the other hand, MOST use-agreements are unenforcable - relying on the good will of either party.

As far as a global infosleuth systems - personally (without any real evidence) I have no doubt it exists. Postulating its existance, I have no doubt that the various member nations of "the Empire" (UK, Canada, NZ and OZ) take an active role in it.

Any place there's an information choke-point, there's probably a siphon.