I think the privacy implications here are worth taking a stand on.
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From: Evan at FFTF <team(a)fightforthefuture.org>
Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 1:29 PM
Subject: Comcast wants to spy on you
Urgent: Comcast’s friends in Congress are planning a sneak attack to
gut basic privacy protections that prevent your Cable company from
spying on you. The vote could come as soon as next week. Take action
now:
The same Big Cable companies that are trying to dismantle net
neutrality are now trying to destroy online privacy too.
Corrupt lawmakers are planning to use the Congressional Review Act
(CRA) to bulldoze important rules that prevent cable companies from
spying on you and selling your personal information to advertisers.
[1]
The worst part is, if they succeed, the change will be *permanent.*
The current or future FCC will not be able to reinstate the rules. But
they’re racing against a deadline, and if we can delay the vote, we
can still stop them.
Click here to contact Congress and tell them not to use the CRA.
The stakes are incredibly high. Cable companies wouldn’t just be
surveilling your browser history, they’d be collecting -- and possibly
selling -- your geolocation data, financial information, even your
social security number. [2]
Internet users fought hard to get these basic privacy protections
passed in the first place. We can’t let greedy ISPs take them away
from us.
There’s still time. Contact Congress and tell them not to use the CRA.
We need to spark a massive outcry right now to delay this vote and
foil Comcast’s plan. Please forward this email widely and share the
link with your friends.
For the Internet,
-Evan at Fight for the Future
[1] EFF:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/congress-contemplating-making-it-ille…
[2] Daily Dot:
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/gop-rollback-broadband-privacy-cra/
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