FCC reinstates pre-net-neutrality order privacy rules

The Federal Communications Commission has reinstated privacy rules that were in place prior to those created under the Obama-era net-neutrality order, which were repealed by President Trump under the Congressional Review Act.

“Today, the Federal Communications Commission released an Order taking a necessary procedural step so that the Code of Federal Regulations contains an accurate reflection of the Commission’s current privacy rules,” the FCC said in a statement issue Thursday. “Specifically, the FCC’s pre-2016 Privacy Order rules that applied...