Senate quietly votes to overturn internet privacy laws which protects personal information

‘US laws aimed at protecting internet privacy look set to be rescinded by the Republican led US Senate.
Under the rules passed last October by the Federal Communications Commission internet service providers were required to ask customers’ permission to collect, use and sell their personal information.
Internet providers would also have been banned from selling on user data without consent.
But using the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to dismiss regulations passed by the previous administration by a simple majority vote, Republicans look set to overturn them entirely.
The Senate voted by 50-48 to reverse the ruling, meaning the House of Representatives – which also has a Republican majority – must follow suit before it can be rubberstamped by President Donald Trump.’
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