JumpinJack
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The U. S. Senate voted today to repeal internet privacy rules.
This is about financial information and health insurance information and other things for which we've become to expect are secured, except for illegal hacking, is my understanding. I think that now our internet service providers can start selling more of our information than they already do. Or maybe any corporation can now legally access our previously secured information, instead of illegally hacking? Not sure how this will shake out.
U.S. Senate votes to overturn Obama broadband privacy rules | ReutersUnder the rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission in October under then-President Barack Obama, internet providers would need to obtain consumer consent before using precise geolocation, financial information, health information, children's information and web browsing history for advertising and internal marketing. The vote is a victory for internet providers such as AT&T Inc Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc that had strongly opposed the rules. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
This is about financial information and health insurance information and other things for which we've become to expect are secured, except for illegal hacking, is my understanding. I think that now our internet service providers can start selling more of our information than they already do. Or maybe any corporation can now legally access our previously secured information, instead of illegally hacking? Not sure how this will shake out.