Who voted to repeal internet privacy

The broadband privacy rules created by the FCC last year and vigorously debated last night are in danger after the Senate voted to repeal them this morning. Among other things, the rules required ISPs to obtain consumers’ permission in order to use certain sensitive data like browsing history that they obtain through their service.Sounds like a bad idea, right? It is. I detailed why in a post last night, and plenty of Senators, including Massachusetts’ Ed Markey, who led the creation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, vociferously opposed the resolution.The Senate voted 50-48 in favor of S.J. 34, which would remove the rules and, under the authority of the Congressional Review Act, prevent similar rules from being enacted. It now heads to the House for approval.“If signed by the President, this law would repeal the FCC’s widely-supported broadband privacy framework, and eliminate the requirement that cable and broadband providers offer customers a choice before selling their sensitive, personal information,” said FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny in a joint statement.Nathan White, Senior Legislative Manager at Access Now, said “This resolution is a vote for big corporate profits over the rights and civil liberties of average people. The House of Representatives must now stand up for consumers and against the CRA resolution to throw away internet privacy protections.” Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer.His personal website is coldewey.cc. View Bio Most Popular Newsletters Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related Latest in Privacy

Ting, along with everyone that loves the Internet and believes that it's an agent for positive change, stands strongly opposed to recent moves by Congress Ting, along with everyone that loves the Internet and believes that it's an agent for positive change, stands strongly opposed to recent moves by Congress to erase broadband privacy protections. Ting was among the signatories on the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) letter urging Congress to preserve FCC broadband Internet end user privacy protection rules and vote down plans to abolish them. Yesterday, despite a public outcry, the House of Representatives voted 215 to 205 to do away with the FCC's rules. These rules demanded that, among other things, an Internet service provider had to have permission before it could share a user's personal information.New protection laws to be repealedThe FCC's laws, which passed last October and were due to take effect by the end of this year, forced ISPs to get clear permission from customers before sharing personal data such as email addresses, geo-locations, social security numbers, financial and health information, browsing history, app usage and even the content of their online communication. The bill repealing the FCCs protection laws is expected to be signed into law by President Trump, putting all of that private data at real risk; ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner and Verizon will be able to legally spy on their customers and sell their personal information to the highest bidder. Additionally, the ACLU said, "passage of the resolution by Congress could prevent the FCC from issuing rules that are substantially the same (as those being repealed) in the future."The responseThe new head of the FCC Ajit Pai said the repeal would help level the playing field between ISPs and other companies like Google and Facebook and that the FCC would work with the Federal Trade Commission to ensure privacy is protected "through a consistent and comprehensive framework.” However, we and our cosignatories, see this as a betrayal of individual rights in favor of corporations. Individuals who, in many markets, have no choice but to use the big ISPs who lobbied for this policy change.BREAKING: House follows Senate and votes to gut #broadbandprivacy and let ISPs spy on you and sell your data to advertisers without consent. pic.twitter.com/sUXQUPJ8gK“Today Congress proved once again that they care more about the wishes of the corporations that fund their campaigns than they do about the safety and security of their constituents,” said Evan Greer, campaign director of Internet rights group Fight for the Future [ Newsweek].Fight for the Future plans to launch a billboard campaign, calling attention to those members of Congress who voted to repeal the FCC's privacy rules. If you disagree with the

The House voted Tuesday 215-205 on a measure that repeals new Federal Communications Commission regulations that would have required high-speed internet service providers to get customer approval before sharing and using such personal information as their browsing history and app usage.The rules were approved by the FCC in October, on a 3-2 party line vote. The broadband companies and Republicans argued that websites and social networks that collect information on customers and use it to place targeted ads are not subject to strict rules, while supporters — including Democrats and privacy advocates — said they are worried about what data the ISPs will collect without permission. The Senate voted to repeal the measure last week, and President Trump is expected to sign it.Subscribe to The WeekEscape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.SUBSCRIBE & SAVESign up for The Week's Free NewslettersFrom our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com