Internet Privacy Vote: Congress Decides To Kill Rules Preventing ISPs From Collecting, Selling Data

The United States House of Representatives voted Tuesday to approve House Vote 202, a “congressional disapproval” vote of broadband privacy rules that would have prevented internet service providers from collecting sensitive data from subscribers without permission.

“ISPs are the only ones with full access to everything you do online, every site you visit, every path and choice as you move between sites, and the full array of apps and services you use,” Dane Jasper, the CEO of Bay Area internet service provider Sonic, told International Business Times.

“Even with encryption, the URLs and endpoint information can be used to determine a lot about customer behavior. Service providers are the one entity that knows where all the traffic came from and went to. It’s a disturbing amount of information and gives companies a lot of info about the consumer.”