Free State Foundation Says FCC Privacy Plan Bad for Consumers
The FCC privacy proposal is bad for consumer welfare, said Free State Foundation President Randolph May on the FSF blog Thursday. May is scheduled to speak on privacy and Chevron deference panels at the NARUC meeting next week in Nashville.…
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Consumers do value privacy, but they “also value receiving targeted information that they want enabled by the collection and use of their personal data,” May wrote. “And they value receiving such information without any payment of money or subscription fee.” But the FCC opt-in proposal presumes consumers prefer to broadly restrict collection and use of their personal data, he said. The FCC is widely expected to adopt the ISP privacy rules (see 1607070052).