ILLINOIS MOVES TO IMPLEMENT INTERNET PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Mar 30, 7:07 PM EDT
BY KIANNAH SEPEDA-MILLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Democratic lawmakers in Illinois are considering implementing their own internet safeguards at the state level after Republicans in Washington voted to roll back Obama-era internet privacy protections that were to take effect later this year.

An Illinois House committee on Thursday endorsed two online privacy measures, including one that would allow people to find out what information companies such as Google and Facebook have collected on them and which third parties they share it with. California enacted a similar measure in 2005.

Privacy advocates say such state protections are needed, particularly given what's happening in Washington, where the Republican-controlled Congress voted to block broadband privacy regulations issued during the end of the Obama administration. President Donald Trump has indicated he will sign the measure.

Those regulations placed restrictions on what companies such as Comcast and Verizon can do with information including user search histories, not websites. But privacy advocates say the move sends a clear signal that it's up to individual states to step up.




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[liberal N proud]

1. Minnesota made a similar move

Minnesota Legislature pushes back on internet privacy


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Days after the U.S. Congress voted to loosen online privacy regulations -- potentially allowing internet providers to sell customers' browsing data -- Minnesota lawmakers have pushed back with votes to tighten privacy protections within the state.

The Senate took up the issue late Wednesday, during a debate over a broader economic development budget bill. Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, offered a data privacy measure as an amendment that would prohibit internet providers in Minnesota from collecting personal information from customers without their permission.

The amendment was nearly stopped, after a technical challenge from Sen. David Osmek, R-Mound. But all Senate DFLers and one Republican, Sen. Warren Limmer of Maple Grove, voted to let the proposal go to a vote. (In the Senate, Republicans hold a one-seat majority, so Limmer's vote was the deciding factor.) The Senate later voted 66-1 to add the privacy protections to the bill.

The House also approved internet data protections in a vote earlier this week.
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-legislature-pushes-back-on-internet-privacy/417670943/

[Kimchijeon]

6. Yes, I am so happy to see that IL passed something as well!

[procon]

2. I'd like to see the majority of states tise up to protect their citizens from Trump's

wholesale sell off personal privacy.

[lostnfound]

3. Important issue in its own right but also helpful politically

Exposes the GOP for what they are. Plus, corporations may regret this push since the proliferation of state standards is a pain for them.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[Hortensis]

9. I've already informed a couple of the relaxed safety standards.

Figured learning that regulations requiring providers to protect them from identity theft had been stepped down would be even more alarming.

Seems to me this has opened up a market for a privacy-oriented provider. Because of my work, I can't do satellite, so it won't be coming to my neighborhood.

[mdbl]

5. Good for Illinois!

I hope others adopt the same safeguards.

[murielm99]

7. If it becomes law.

Our repubbie governor, Rauner, aka the ruiner, could veto it. He is as bad as Walker and Trump.

[FakeNoose]

8. The privacy of the US Mail is long-established

For the last 200+ years Americans have had their privacy rights upheld vis-a-vis the US Mail.

Why does Congress believe that "email" is any different, other than the method of delivery?
Why do they think it's something that can be collected and sold?

There has to be a valid argument in there somewhere.