[JourneyOfLife]

New Data privacy rules for Cable Co & Phone Co.

Read the FCC rules carefully!!!! There still is an op-out provision for certain types of data.


There is a link to the FCC announcement in the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/te...providers.html

Federal officials approved broad new privacy rules on Thursday that prevent companies like AT&T and Comcast from collecting and giving out digital information about individuals — such as the websites they visited and the apps they used — in a move that creates landmark protections for internet users.

By a 3-to-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission clearly took the side of consumers. The new rules require broadband providers to obtain permission from subscribers to gather and give out data on their web browsing, app use, location and financial information. Currently, broadband providers can track users unless those individuals tell them to stop.

[LitespeedRider]

Yet - the same rules to NOT pertain to Google (gmail - Android phones), iTunes (iPhones), Facebook nor ANYTHING you agree to and End User contract on a device. They can and WILL legally collect and sell your information...hundreds of thousands of terabytes a day.

Please do not think that the FCC will protect you from...well...you.

Data Collection | How Google uses your personal information

Apple - Legal - Privacy Policy


From there - each app you install will have its own EULA and collect the information they want to collect (that you have agreed to by installing the application at hand)