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The recent law enacted by Congress countermanded an Obama-era regulation that had never gone into effect. Thus, the current situation is the same as it ever was
by URSpider94 10y ago
The recent law enacted by Congress countermanded an Obama-era regulation that had never gone into effect. Thus, the current situation is the same as it ever was - ISP's can sell anonymized and aggregated customer behavior data today, just like they could yesterday.
Also important to note -- existing regulations still in effect prevent selling un-anonymized data. Selling someone the browsing habits of a particular identifiable customer is not allowed, never has been.
- unlikelymordant 10y agoI'm not sure where this 'nothing has changed, no need to panic' talking point has come from. The 'Obama era regulation' was an attempt to maintain privacy regulations after internet businesses were found to be exempt from ftc oversight in late 2016. So now there is no privacy regulation from the ftc or fcc. Things are not the same as they always were.