Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent

Re:Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing d... by altfredd on Friday May 31, 2019 @09:26PM (#20066538)

This law sound like it was written by data brokers. It does nothing at best and legitimizes corrupt practices at worst.

WTF is "consent" doing here? Why would ISP ever need to sell someone's data in order to operate? Do they also plan to explicitly prohibit ISPs from torturing customers and selling their organs? From selling illegal drugs to minors? Dear state of Maine, I too would like to waive all my legal liabilities by making my victims sign a bunch of paperwork!

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Re:Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing d... by chii on Saturday June 01, 2019 @01:05AM (#20067356)

Torturing is currently illegal. Selling customers' data is not currently illegal.

Won't the law only help then?

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Re:Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing d... by SaltyBackendGuy on Saturday June 01, 2019 @02:15PM (#20070567)

I wonder if they will make you sign a release when you sign up for a service. So you will need to consent to use the ISP.

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Re:Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing d... by altfredd on Saturday June 01, 2019 @01:59AM (#20067526)

And spying on people used to be illegal as well.

Now it is going to become legal in Maine — as long as you are an ISP.

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Re:Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing d... by voxic11 on Saturday June 01, 2019 @11:46AM (#20069731)

Congress already made this legal in 2017. This is Maine fixing the issue.

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