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Title: Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up! Post by: HCK on April 02, 2017, 04:05:14 pm Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up!
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Tuesday’s congressional vote (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3185880/privacy/us-house-votes-to-undo-broadband-privacy-rules.html) to repeal U.S. restrictions on broadband providers doesn’t mean that online privacy is dead. Consumers will just have to pay for it.</p><p>The coming repeal, which President Trump is expected to sign into law, paves a clearer path for broadband providers to sell customers’ internet browsing history and other online data, without their consent.</p><p>Privacy advocates are worried. Imagine corporate giants snooping on your internet activities, and then bombarding your PC, phone and TV with targeted ads.</p><p>However, the privacy rule rollback might have an opposite effect too. Expect broadband providers and other internet services to emerge offering online privacy protections -- but at a price.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3186428/privacy/congress-to-us-citizens-want-online-privacy-pay-up.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up! (http://www.macworld.com/article/3186428/privacy/congress-to-us-citizens-want-online-privacy-pay-up.html#tk.rss_all) |