Consumer advocates lobby for strict data rules in advance of FCC vote

Privacy and consumer advocates are urging the Federal Communications Commission to resist industry pressures and adopt on Thursday strict security and privacy regulations as laid out in the commission's proposal for broadband internet service providers.

“While many providers and their hired experts have suggested to the Commission that all players in the so-called internet ecosystem be made subject to the same rules, this notion doesn’t hold water once we understand what it would mean here,” writes Matthew Wood, policy director...