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> Drawing from the same law that regulates legacy phone service, net neutrality prohibits the sharing of your subscriber records with third parties unless you g
by alexggordon 11y ago
> Drawing from the same law that regulates legacy phone service, net neutrality prohibits the sharing of your subscriber records with third parties unless you give explicit permission to your carrier.
For those wondering about the "explicit permission" mentioned here, there are two methods ISP's we be able to use to use your information, if they indeed follow their telecommunications privacy model[0].
> “Opt-Out” – Your company sends you a notice saying it will consider you to have given your approval to use your customer information for marketing unless you tell it not to do so (usually within 30 days.)
> “Opt-In” – Your company sends you a notice asking that you expressly give it permission to use your customer information for marketing.
Regardless though, this article left me wanting. If you're curious about the details, Ars[1] has a great introduction to it.
[0] https://www.fcc.gov/guides/protecting-your-telephone-calling-records https://www.fcc.gov/guides/protecting-your-telephone-calling...
[1] http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/isps-really-dont-want-to-follow-new-customer-data-privacy-rules/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/isps-really-dont-wan...
- lewisl9029 11y agoI wonder if "third parties" in this case includes the NSA and certain other 3 letter government agencies... Oh who am I kidding, of course not.