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March 24, 2017<\/p>\n
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Media Contact: NCL Communications, Cindy Hoang, cindyh@nclnet.org, (202) 207-2832<\/p>\n
Washington, DC\u2014The Senate\u2019s vote\u00a0Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules is a disappointing step that threatens to make consumers\u2019 data less secure. At a time when data breaches routinely expose consumers to identity theft and other fraud, according to advocates at the National Consumers League (NCL), it is extremely disheartening that the Senate would seek to obliterate strong consumer data security requirements.<\/p>\n The following statement is attributable to John Breyault, NCL\u2019s vice president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud:<\/p>\n Not a day goes by that we aren\u2019t reminded of the costs of failing to secure consumers’ data from criminal and state-sponsored hacking. It is clear that data breaches raise the risk of identity fraud for millions of consumers. This being the case, it is inconceivable that the Senate would seek to eviscerate strong data security standards put in place by the FCC\u2019s broadband privacy rules.<\/em><\/p>\n Broadband providers are uniquely positioned in the Internet ecosystem, with access to vast amounts of consumer data. They are therefore especially vulnerable targets for those who would seek unauthorized access to consumers\u2019 sensitive personal information. That is why NCL supported the FCC\u2019s common-sense broadband privacy rules, which for the first time require ISPs to provide reasonable protections for consumers\u2019 data.<\/em><\/p>\n We urge pro-consumer members of the House of Representatives to heed the appeals of pro-privacy and pro-security advocates and resist efforts to gut these critically important consumer protections.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n ###<\/p>\n About the National Consumers League<\/strong><\/p>\n The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America’s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit\u00a0www.nclnet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 24, 2017 Media Contact: NCL Communications, Cindy Hoang, cindyh@nclnet.org, (202) 207-2832 Washington, DC\u2014The Senate\u2019s vote\u00a0Thursday\u00a0to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules is a disappointing step that threatens […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[412],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9908,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/9908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n