The FCC has no authority over media and retail companies - they DO have authority over ISPs in some aspects. They have passed consumer protection regulations re

The FCC has no authority over media and retail companies - they DO have authority over ISPs in some aspects. They have passed consumer protection regulations relating to the transmission and storage of data before. The practices you describe (with Amazon etc) are none of the FCC's business. Anti-competitive behavior and privacy violations by non-telecoms businesses falls under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission. It means something, because the idea is to protect the vulnerable from predatory practices, not to prevent the technically proficient from what they see as easily avoided practices.