Web Browsing History Protected Under Proposed FCC Broadband Rule
- U.S. FCC Chairman Wheeler announces rules for vote next month
- AT&T, Comcast, could lose digital advertising revenue
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Companies that sell internet access would need subscribers’ permission before using or sharing sensitive information including web browsing history under a proposal announced Thursday by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
The agency is to vote Oct. 27 on the plan by Chairman Tom Wheeler, a Democrat, to set rules that have been resisted by internet service providers led by AT&T Inc. and top U.S. cable provider Comcast Corp.