“The ruling effectively blocks Obama-era regulations established in October 2016–and set to take effect in December 2017–that were designed to protect consumers’ personal information online from being sold to businesses and marketers,” continues Reese. According to this TechRepublic column by Hope Reese: “Republicans in the US House of Representatives followed suit with the Senate, voting to strip guidelines issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect consumer internet history.” Congress rescinded what experts consider to be significant online privacy regulations. This past March was a tough month for privacy pundits.
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