The Senate took the first step Thursday toward blocking rules that would restrict how some big tech companies share and sell your personal data, a prospect that digital activists said would be a huge loss for online privacy.
On a party-line vote of 50-48, the Senate passed a joint resolution that would bar the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing rules it approved last year — when it was under Democratic control — that sought to ban internet service providers like cable and cellphone companies from selling your data without your consent.
The vote has little immediate impact: The measure would have to pass the House and be signed by President Donald Trump before it could become law. No timetable for House action has been set. In the meantime, the FCC rules that the measure would overturn aren't scheduled to go into effect until December.
If it becomes law, the measure, in effect, would preserve a two-track regulatory system that treats ISPs — the companies that connect you to the internet, which are overseen by the FCC — differently from web companies like Google and Facebook, which are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission.
The rules passed last year by the Democratic majority on the FCC would require ISPs to ask you explicitly to "opt in" to letting them share personal information. On web-based ad networks, data sharing is usually turned on by default and you have to dig through menus and setting and opt out of it.
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I smell 1,000 rats. Is this another giveaway of our internet to government control? WTF is this?
ReplyDeleteJust remember the following bible verse whenever you hear this kind of chatter. Cashless society, drones, cameras in every nook and cranny, GPS, cars washing machine tv survielance and remote controlable, globlist power grabs for control, the UN, FED. Deception lies confusion. Sounds like we are being set-up
ReplyDeleteRevelation 13:17 “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Why can't we get laws passed that protect us? It all has to do with campaign finance laws and lobbyists.
ReplyDeleteTry to set up a meeting to meet with your senator or representative. See how far you get.
This will be great news for virtual private network companies. All you do is sign into their network and this grants you access to their browser to surf the internet. This gives the user privacy from snooping from your ISP. More and more people are doing this.
ReplyDeleteThe internet will start to go underground. This will be a business opportunity for those seeking privacy.
ReplyDeleteJust remember--- these are your "leaders", who are supposed to be looking out for 'we, the people", and by allowing our personal data to be sold and traded without out knowledge or permission, they continue to uphold that time honored Congressional tradition of taking millions in bribes and enriching themselves at the expense of the people.
ReplyDeleteHang every one of them. In front of the White House. On national TV.
You are getting sold out everyday and you just can't stop cheering like they just gave you the lottery numbers for next week.
Keep cheering.
If you think ANYTHING you do on the internet is private, you are naive.
ReplyDeleteThis only allows them to "sell" what is already in the public domain (the internet).
ReplyDelete9:37 you are probably a Liberal who wants More Regulation of Everything by Government. America was founded on a "buyer beware" principal, and we have gotten soft relying on Government to be our parents, always taking care of us and making sure we don't get hurt. Besides, what do you need so much privacy for? Are you trading pictures of naked children or something? If you're not doing anything wrong, this is no big deal.
ReplyDeleteIf they can sell my private info them I should be compensated for supplying said info to be put up for sale!
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