States May Shackle AT&T, Comcast on Web Data After U.S. Retreat

  • Efforts under way in nearly two dozen states on privacy rules
  • States are picking up slack as Trump cuts U.S. regulations
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Soon after President Donald Trump took office with a pledge to cut regulations, Republicans in Congress killed an Obama-era rule restricting how broadband companies may use customer data such as web browsing histories.

But the rule may be finding new life in the states.