There's also the matter of who's doing it. It is, imo, one thing that the company whose services I use collect data on my use of their equipment - for gathering

There's also the matter of who's doing it. It is, imo, one thing that the company whose services I use collect data on my use of their equipment - for gathering network performance data, troubleshooting (and billing info) that they are using themselves and not handing over to other parties. It's another thing to have government agencies snooping in such data for entirely different purposes.