A sad, sad day for the Internet and our freedoms

[kandrathe]

I guess this battle between FCC & FTC has been in play for awhile.

"The staff comment opens with the can’t-be-denied fact that consumers care about privacy and security. The massive collection and storage of personal information, the risk of identity theft, the release of sensitive stuff people view as private, and the potential use of data by employers, insurers, creditors, and others are just some of their concerns. To the extent that trepidation deters consumers from doing business online, companies may be concerned, too."

FTC comments on FCC rules proposal.


Text of the full FTC staff comments

In a nutshell, one other possible reason this was struck down is that Consumer privacy, and protection are considered FTC matters (at least by the current head of the FCC, FTC and majority of Congress).


"All actors in the online space should be subject to the same rules, enforced by the same agency," Pai and the acting FTC chairwoman, Maureen Ohlhausen, said in a joint statement upon the FCC's data-security stay last month. "Until that happens, however, we will work together on harmonizing the FCC's privacy rules for broadband providers with the FTC's standards for other companies in the digital economy."