TPI Says FCC Took Wrong Turn on ISP Privacy Rules
The Technology Policy Institute filed comments at the FCC endorsing petitions for reconsideration of ISP privacy rules. The FCC last week stayed a key part of the order set to take effect Thursday, as the agency evaluates the recon petitions…
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(see 1703010069). “The Order offers no evidence demonstrating that it would yield net incremental benefits over the FTC’s rules or even that the Commission attempted to make such a determination,” TPI said. “The Order fails to acknowledge any costs by not acknowledging benefits that flow from the creative use of information. It is therefore impossible for the Order to credibly claim the rules are beneficial.” The order also never demonstrates that ISPs have access to more, or more sensitive, data than other internet companies, TPI said. The order also ignores the costs of “creating entry barriers into the nearly $80 billion and growing digital advertising market,” the group said. “Entry barriers are likely to keep prices higher for advertisers by giving them fewer choices. At a bare minimum, the Commission should acknowledge this cost.” The comments were filed Friday in docket 16-106.