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    The FCC's new privacy rules shield personal data from your ISP

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    Andrew Dalton
    Andrew Dalton
    10.27.2016

    A new set of privacy rules approved by the FCC today will require broadband providers to ask for your permission before collecting data about your browsing habits, app usage and location or financial information. The rules reverse the current status quo, in which your ISP can track all that data unless you explicitly opt out.