Congress dismantles Internet privacy rules, allowing ISPs to sell your web history<article>
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<p>The U.S. House of Representatives has followed the Senate in voting to repeal privacy rules that can prevent broadband providers from selling customers’ internet-browsing histories and other data without their permission.</p><p>On Tuesday, the House voted 215-205 to do away with the privacy rules that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
passed last year. The rules had yet to come into effect.</p><p>They require broadband carriers to first obtain opt-in approval from customers before using and sharing their sensitive personal information, such as web browsing history, geo-location data and what applications they've used.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3185880/privacy/us-house-votes-to-undo-broadband-privacy-rules.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Congress dismantles Internet privacy rules, allowing ISPs to sell your web history
