Thursday 16 March 2017

Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs | Ars Technica

Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs | Ars Technica: "If no agency enforces privacy rules, "consumers will have no ability to stop Internet service providers from invading their privacy and selling sensitive information about their health, finances, and children to advertisers, insurers, data brokers or others who can profit off of this personal information, all without their affirmative consent," Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) said last week.

 Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen said last year that the FTC recommends getting opt-in consent for "unexpected collection or use of consumers’ sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, financial information, and information about children," and an opt-out system for other data, she wrote. Under that scenario, ISPs apparently would not need opt-in consent from customers before sharing Web browsing history." 'via Blog this'

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