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Less than a week after the\u00a0Senate voted<\/a>\u00a0to empower\u00a0internet service providers to freely share\u00a0private user\u00a0data with advertisers, the House has weighed in, too.<\/p>\n Today in a 215-205\u00a0vote on Senate Joint Resolution 34<\/a>\u00a0(H. Res. 230<\/a>), the House voted to repeal broadband privacy regulations that the Obama administration\u2019s FCC introduced in 2016<\/a>. In a narrower vote than some expected, 15 Republicans broke rank to join the 190\u00a0Democrats who\u00a0voted against the repeal.\u00a0The FCC rules, designed to protect consumers, required ISPs to seek consent from their customers in order to share their sensitive private data (it\u2019s worth noting that ISPs can collect it, either way). For consumers, the rollback is a bad deal<\/a> no matter how you slice\u00a0it.<\/p>\n As the issue took the floor, California Representative Anna Eshoo laid into the bill, suggesting that her Republican counterparts in the House lacked a nuanced understanding of how internet providers\u00a0like Comcast and Time Warner serve a different role for\u00a0consumers than the optional platforms provided by companies\u00a0like Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n \u201cThey can use your information and sell it to the highest bidder,\u201d Eshoo argued. \u201cI think it\u2019s a sad day if the bill passes.\u201d<\/p>\n Colorado Representative Jared Polis joined the chorus of objections\u00a0on the House floor, elaborating on how limited consumers are with regard to ISPs. \u201cThis resolution undermines fundamental privacy for every internet user,\u201d Polis said. \u201cWith a broadband provider, most of us don\u2019t have a choice. You either sign up for your local provider or you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Under the regulation rollback, there are few limits on the ways ISPs will be allowed\u00a0to interact with sensitive user data. That includes not just allowing providers\u00a0to create marketing profiles based on the browsing history of their\u00a0users, but also letting them deploy undetectable tools that track web traffic, too.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt that major ISPs will sell out their users to advertisers when given the chance, but some smaller providers<\/a> aren\u2019t yet complicit. Still, in many markets, consumers don\u2019t have a choice of internet provider \u2014 a problem that stands to deepen in our present climate of deregulation<\/a>. Now,\u00a0only a signature from the president<\/a> stands\u00a0in the way of the repeal.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s\u00a0vote is a blow to anyone who\u2019d prefer not to put their browsing history on blast, and a major victory for advertisers hungry for all of the de-anonymized personal data that they can vacuum up and dole out. With Congress and the FCC squarely in the latter\u2019s camp, consumers who value privacy \u2014 and really, we all should \u2014 are in for a rough ride.<\/p>\n The language of the joint resolution<\/a> is as follows:<\/p>\n This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission entitled \u201cProtecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services.\u201d The rule published on December 2, 2016: (1) applies the customer privacy requirements of the Communications Act of 1934 to broadband Internet access service and other telecommunications services, (2) requires telecommunications carriers to inform customers about rights to opt in or opt out of the use or the sharing of their confidential information, (3) adopts data security and breach notification requirements, (4) prohibits broadband service offerings that are contingent on surrendering privacy rights, and (5) requires disclosures and affirmative consent when a broadband provider offers customers financial incentives in exchange for the provider\u2019s right to use a customer\u2019s confidential information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Featured Image: Daniel Huizinga<\/a>\/Flickr<\/a> UNDER A CC BY 2.0<\/a> LICENSE<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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