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Schakowsky Statement on Republican rollback of privacy rights

March 28, 2017

Representative Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement in advance of a vote to repeal the FCC’s internet privacy rules on the House floor today:

“Last week Republicans tried to take away healthcare from 24 million Americans. Today, they’re trying to take away the internet privacy rights of all Americans. They will be voting in favor of a resolution to revoke common-sense privacy protections issued by the FCC last year. These protections are simple: they say that consumers should know what data of theirs is being collected; they should consent to the sharing of their sensitive data; receive notice when their information has been compromised, and have this data reasonably protected.

“Instead, Republicans have put corporations’ ability to profit on consumer data over the rights to privacy and data security of Americans. This is a blatant and unacceptable rollback of consumers’ rights. I am completely opposed to the legislation.”