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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by ballenf on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:34PM (#13981878)
I'm confused. If these rules that were repealed never went into effect, or only partially, does that mean that our data was already (or is currently) being sold?

Does this legislation explicitly condone the collection or sale of browsing data? (I'd still rather have the protection than not, but can't seem to find a good detailed explanation.)

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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by Preemo on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:58PM (#13982040)
Verizon has been doing this since at least 2012. It's sure as sh*t AT&T and others (not just mobile providers) are doing it as well.
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by masonic on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:47PM (#13981966) 

  does that mean that our data was already (or is currently) being sold?
Probably. I doubt that broadband carriers would admit it publicly one way or the other.

They've been able to for at least 1.5 years, and counting.

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