Democratic Vermont Senators Float ISP Privacy Bill for 2018
Vermont state Senate Democrats proposed a broadband privacy bill that would counter this year’s congressional repeal of the FCC privacy rules for ISPs. Reviving the FCC rules for Vermont, S-289 would “give consumers greater control over their personal information when…
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accessing the Internet through a broadband Internet access service provider and thereby better protect their privacy and autonomy,” said bill text posted this week. Democratic Vermont state Sens. Ginny Lyons, Michael Sirotkin and Tim Ashe sponsored the bill. Vermont's 2018 session starts Jan. 3. Several state legislatures tried but failed to pass ISP privacy bills in 2017. The fight is expected to continue in 2018 sessions (see 1709200053). Democratic state lawmakers also are planning bills in 2018 to protect net neutrality in response to this month’s FCC vote to rescind Title II protections (see 1712210034).