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Respected friends,
Senate Republicans just voted to block internet privacy rules that would stop Comcast and other cable companies from collecting and selling your personal data without your permission. 1 Your browsing history, your geolocation data, app usage, and even your personal health profile could be collected and sold to advertisers or whomever else wants to buy it—unless we can kill this awful idea in the House of Representatives. As Senator Ed Markey said: After this, ISP should stand for "Information sold for profit."President Trump is expected to sign the repeal if it gets to his desk, so we're launching an emergency campaign to stop it in the House. Will you chip in $20? Yes, I'll chip in $20 to help stop Comcast from selling my personal financial information and browsing history. The amount of information that corporations would be able to collect and sell about us is truly terrifying Using your browsing history and geolocation data, they could build an entire profile of your reading and listening habits, health care status, and more. Soon, Comcast could know more about you than your family does. And it's not hard to figure out why this is happening: The 22 Republican senators behind it have received more than $1.7 million from the industry since 2012, according to a study by Vocativ.2 But no one—not Republicans, Democrats, or Independents—wants strangers pawing through our personal financial or health care information. That's why we can stop this. Already, the news about the vote is trending on social media, as voters across the political spectrum react with shock and horror. But it's going to take a major rapid-response push to keep the pressure building and demand that Republicans as well as Democrats in the House of Representatives say no to this outrageous invasion of privacy. We're launching a grassroots push to stop Comcast from selling your browsing history and personal information to data brokers and advertisers. Will you chip in $20?
Thanks for standing with us,
David Segal, Demand Progress
Sources:
1. Ars Technica, "Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers," March 23, 2017
2. Vocativ, "Senators Fighting Online Privacy Rules Take Money From Industry," March 22, 2017
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Negotiations on the bill begin in the House TOMORROW, and we think we have a real chance of stopping it there if Republicans defy their leadership like they did on the health care bill. Will you chip in $20 to help stop Comcast from selling my personal financial information and browsing history? For more information, check out the email we sent the Thursday, pasted below.
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