The U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has passed long-expected new orders that will give consumers the tools to choose how ISPs (Internet Service Providers) can use their personal information while they use their services.
Mandated by Congress itself, the FCC has strong beliefs that it has successfully overseen consumers’ privacy regarding telephone networking for decades; these proposed rules would apply their expertise to the broadband world.
The rules might see as tougher by ISPs, but according to FCC, the rules do not prohibit ISPs from using or sharing customers’ information, they just want customers to handle the ‘driver’s seat’ because whose data is it anyway?
While some privacy advocates seem content with the decision, others wanted FCC to extend the ruling to non-ISPs like Google and Facebook.
In the fact sheet issued, the FCC clearly states ‘Consumers Deserve Increased Choice, Transparency, and Security Online‘ as its aim. FCC says,
