Comcast, AT&T, Verizon & Other ISPs Can Now Sell Your Browsing History and Other Personal Info

[Quantum]

Comcast, AT&T, Verizon & Other ISPs can now sell your browsing history and other personal info without your consent.

On Tuesday the House of Representatives voted to repeal an Obama-era law that demanded ISPs have permission to share personal information - including location data.
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order soon.

The repeal was strongly backed by major providers such as Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, who argued that ISPs were being subject to stricter privacy laws than companies like Google or Facebook.

The law, passed last October days before President Trump was elected, and due to take effect by the end of this year, would have forced ISPs to get clear permission from users to share personal data such as "precise geo-location, financial information, health information, children’s information, social security numbers, web browsing history, app usage history and the content of communications".

Furthermore, ISPs would have been ordered to allow their customers the ability to opt out of the sharing of less sensitive information, like an email address.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39...)

But you can hide while on the Internet by using a virtual private network (VPN). If you log into work from home, then you're more than likely using a VPN:

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[Graeme]

Commercialised, commoditised, monetized.

[Nik]

Alex G wrote: "Comcast, AT&T, Verizon & Other ISPs can now sell your browsing history and other personal info without your consent...."

Let's claim royalties -:) My browsing history is my unique piece of art that I write everyday.
What amuses me though that there are laws and fines against spam, but myriads of targeted ads jumping on us from everywhere somehow tolerable and encouraged.. For me - equally irritating..

[Belle]

I saw there is a gofundme to buy the browsing history of the politicians who voted for this.

[Nik]

Belle wrote: "I saw there is a gofundme to buy the browsing history of the politicians who voted for this."

-:) Witty

[Ian]

I hope they all enjoy my browsing history. leaving aside time spent on the likes of Goodreads, lately I have spent quite a bit of time seeking data on silylenes for my science project, and about things Russian for my latest fiction WiP. Even satellite imaging of the countryside around Ufa. Hope they enjoy going through all that stuff :-)

[J.J.]

"No, no, we wouldn't do this. Trust us. *wink, wink*"

[Scout]

So, the politicians will be subject to this, too? If so, why in the world would they vote for this invasion of privacy? My neighbor told me about this yesterday, and I thought that surely she was mistaken.