Canada's privacy watchdog is finally satisfied with Bell Canada's efforts to protect customer's privacy, after the telco agreed to revamp the program that tracked your cellphone habits.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner slammed Bell last week for its targeted ads plan, which involved tracking the internet searches, viewing habits and cellphone data of its customers so it could sell targeted ads.

One of the big problems with Bell's plan was that customers had to sign into the website to opt out of the plan, which began collecting data on people in November 2013.

Under pressure from privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien, Bell has agreed to withdraw the existing "Relevant Ads Program" and relaunch it at a later date.

It will relaunch the program by asking customers for their consent before tracking their habits.

It has not released details of the timing or how the program would operate.

It also agreed to delete all the profiles it has created since the program was launched, which appeared to be a sticking point in its talks with the privacy commissioner.

Critics say telcos and internet firms should demand explicit consent for all tracking of consumer habits online or over the cellphone.