Trump Completes Repeal of Online Privacy Protections From Obama Era -<br />By STEVE LOHRAPRIL 3, 2017<br />President Trump on Monday signed a congressional resolution to complete the overturning of internet privacy<br />protections created by the Federal Communications Commission during the Obama administration.<br />The broadband suppliers have “valuable, anonymized profiles of users,” Mr. Gallant said,<br />adding, “But it’s not clear what the size of the market for the raw data is.”<br />A version of this article appears in print on April 4, 2017, on Page B3 of the New<br />York edition with the headline: Trump Completes Repeal of Internet Privacy Rules.<br />Since the 1990s, the trade commission has policed the privacy practices of internet companies<br />under its mandate to protect consumers from “unfair and deceptive practices.”<br />requires internet companies to have privacy policies that the agency finds acceptable, and it conducts investigations into violations.<br />Broadband companies, privacy experts said, occupy a different position than internet companies.
