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FCC to Halt Rule That Protects Your Private Data From Security Breaches

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

Fnord666 writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @05:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @05:52PM (#472405)

    yeah but the current political party in charge has repeatedly made use of "made a mistake once" to claim the entire system involved is bogus, such as how trump doesn't trust the security agencies.

    There appears to be not a lot of trust all around.

    But whatever happens, it used to be that ISPs were not even in a position to collect this data. I would prefer that if they could not secure my data, then they do not collect it.

    If they collect it, then I am paid an insurance payout for when they are robbed, just like if a jewelry store was robbed and there was no alarms or security guards or anything. Wait insurance wouldn't pay for that, and I am not getting a payout either despite being robbed.

    Why are the ISPs permitted to collect, study and resell our usage data again? What are the consquences for their failure to protect it? Its not like I can stop generating data. I can pick another ISP, but they all do the same thing!