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date: 2017-02-26
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draft: false
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title: Internet Privacy Rules in Part Face a Halt at the FCC
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tags: ['politics', 'privacy']
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**[Via NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/24/517050966/fcc-chairman-goes-after-his-predecessors-internet-privacy-rules):**
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> Consumer advocacy groups have argued that the ISPs have a broader capacity to collect data on people than websites and digital services, given that ISPs connect users to all those websites and services in the first place.
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> ISPs might use the collected data for their own promotions or sell it to data brokers for marketing or other uses.<!-- excerpt -->
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Rolling back privacy protections for consumers is _only_ good for ISPs. This move reflects the current FCC chair's willingness to work for the interests of the businesses his agency should be regulating over those of consumers.
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All this amounts to is a violation of customer privacy in order to allow ISPs to better market subpar products that exist only due to their existing, near-monopoly positions in the marketplace.
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The sooner ISPs become [dumb pipes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_pipe), the better.
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