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posted by cmn32480 on Monday February 27 2017, @10:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the unencrypted-in-a-list-on-the-interwebs dept.

The Federal Communications Commission plans to halt implementation of a privacy rule that requires ISPs to protect the security of its customers' personal information.

The data security rule is part of a broader privacy rulemaking implemented under former Chairman Tom Wheeler but opposed by the FCC's new Republican majority. The privacy order's data security obligations are scheduled to take effect on March 2, but Chairman Ajit Pai wants to prevent that from happening.

The data security rule requires ISPs and phone companies to take "reasonable" steps to protect customers' information—such as Social Security numbers, financial and health information, and Web browsing data—from theft and data breaches.

"Chairman Pai is seeking to act on a request to stay this rule before it takes effect on March 2," an FCC spokesperson said in a statement to Ars.

The rule would be blocked even if a majority of commissioners supported keeping them in place, because the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau can make the decision on its own.

Source: ArsTechnica


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  • (Score: 1) by moondoctor on Monday February 27 2017, @03:27PM

    by moondoctor (2963) on Monday February 27 2017, @03:27PM (#472305)

    >in other words the opposite of the R+O they trashed. I'm not sure its technologically possible in 2017.

    This is the real issue that needs addressing. Honestly? It stumps me. Something vague enough to cover unforeseen technological advances and not legislate specific technologies, yet hard enough to be effective seems close to impossible. We need the most powerful ethical, legal and technological minds working together on this stuff. (Hard to type that without laughing at how ridiculous it sounds in 2017) Those guys are busy making bank, though. The full scope and implications of technology is hard to understand for even the most tech-savvy of us. (Musk seems to get it pretty good, but he still says stupid shit now and then) The gubmint fumbling around in the dark is super sketchy. Having an anti-science and anti-expert vibe in DC is like throwing gas on the fire.

    When you factor in how fast technology moves and how slow government moves it gets real interesting real quick.