Senate Republicans Vote to Allow ISPs to Sell Your Private Data

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  • Senate Republicans Vote to Allow ISPs to Sell Your Private Data - Motherboard
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    Republican lawmakers in the US Senate approved a measure on Thursday designed to kill federal broadband privacy protections and allow internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon to sell your sensitive private information to the highest bidder.

    The vote represents the culmination of a year-long campaign by the nation’s largest internet service providers (ISPs) and their GOP allies to torpedo Federal Communications Commission rules that require broadband providers to obtain “opt-in” consent before using, sharing, or selling private consumer data.

    Consumer advocates and privacy watchdogs responded with outrage, and accused Republican lawmakers of putting the financial interests of a handful of wildly profitable corporate giants ahead of the privacy interests of the American people.