04/04/2017

ISP Privacy Rollback's Backlash Puts Telecom on Defense

President Trump signed the bill into law on April 3, 2017

With the passage of a bill rolling back consumer privacy rules on internet providers, public backlash has been picking up—leading major companies, as well as trade groups like USTelecom, to reassure customers that their privacy is safe. Last week’s passage of a bill rolling back ISP privacy protections is creating a bit of a messaging problem for major internet service providers.

And groups representing those ISPs are also working to help clear the air on the issue.

Major internet providers—along with members of Congress—faced public backlash after the passage of the bill, which rolled back Obama-era Federal Communications Commission regulations that limited what ISPs could do with data. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Monday evening.

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