It looks like the FCC wants to roll back rules that'd force internet providers to get your consent before selling your data
Jeff Dunn
Feb. 24, 2017, 4:00 PM
Federal Communications Commission boss Ajit Pai is pushing to halt part of an Obama-era set of privacy rules that would require internet service providers to get explicit consent before they share consumers' browsing data and other personal information with advertisers.
Some background: Those rules were approved this past October under previous FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, who stepped down once President Trump took office (giving Pai and GOP commissioner Michael O’Rielly a 2-1 majority at the agency).
The most famous sect of the rules would require wireline and mobile ISPs to ensure customers opt-in to any programs that share their web browsing and app usage histories, mobile location data, financial data, and other “sensitive” info with third parties for marketing purposes later this year. They'd also require ISPs to give “clear, conspicuous, and persistent” notifications of what data they collect and how it may be used.
more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-ajit-pai-privacy-rules-isp-statement-2017-2
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