The Federal Communications Commission is officially proposing to begin regulating how Internet service providers handle user privacy. The agency is looking to restrict the companies’ ability to share with advertisers and other third parties the information they collect about what their customers do online.
The agency’s vote, however, was delayed for more than three hours by last-minute negotiations among commissioners and the chairman. At stake was a budget cap for a telecom subsidy program, which the FCC subsequently voted to expand to cover both phone and Internet service.
The Privacy Proposal
The FCC voted to begin collecting public comment on its chairman’s proposal to let consumers weigh in on what information ISPs collect about them and how that information gets used.
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