The wireless industry is expressing concerns about Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed new privacy rules for internet service providers.
The proposal would require broadband providers to get user consent for most uses of their data.
But trade group CTIA criticized the proposal, saying it would be inconsistent with privacy rules from another agency, the Federal Trade Commission, that already govern companies like Google and Facebook.
“CTIA urges the Commission to recognize these harms to consumers and competition, and instead to move forward in accordance with this Administration’s policy of consistent privacy regulation across the Internet,” the group said in its comments.
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