The US legislation is about to pass a law which allows the Internet service providers to collect your information and share your it with advertising agencies.
As per the reports, House of Representatives have voted for a bill which allows the internet service providers to share the user’s personal information to other third parties without the user’s consent. Only thing which is stopping them is a law passed in the Obama’s era, but with that law out of the picture, there is nothing holding them.
The repeal was very strongly backed by many major providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast, who argued that the ISPs were being subject to way more strict privacy laws than companies like Google or Facebook.
The tech giants, including AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other were all in favor of this law – it is a no brainer really. They have also argued that these ISPs were being subject to very strict privacy laws compared t0 companies like Facebook and Google.
According to Ajit Pai who is the new head of FCC, this new law will level the online playing field.
This law allows the Internet providers to share personal data of its user’s with marketers and other third parties including exact geolocation, browsing data and much more without even needing anyone’s consent.
The Internet service providers are extremely happy about this all new law as it certainly helps them increase their revenue. The online privacy advocates are furious with the new development.
Evan Greer, campaign director from rights group Fight for the Future told BBC that:
“Today the Congress proved once again that they care lot more about the wishes of corporations that fund campaigns than they do about safety and security of their constituents. People from across the political spectrum are now outraged, and every lawmaker who votes to take away our privacy will regret it come election day.”
source: hackread