Senate Sides with ISPs in Vote to Repeal Broadband Users' Privacy Rights
March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Consumer Federation of America issued the following news release:
Today the Senate has used a sledgehammer, the Congressional Review Act, to smash hopes that Americans will finally have real control over the highly personal information that their broadband internet service providers (ISPs) can collect about them. By a 50 to 48 margin, the Senate voted to repeal the broadband privacy rules which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued last yea . . .
Today the Senate has used a sledgehammer, the Congressional Review Act, to smash hopes that Americans will finally have real control over the highly personal information that their broadband internet service providers (ISPs) can collect about them. By a 50 to 48 margin, the Senate voted to repeal the broadband privacy rules which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued last yea . . .