FCC tightens privacy rules for telecom companies

By Rudy Takala

Published October 27, 2016 5:59pm ET

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FCC tightens privacy rules for telecom companies — FCC passed new rules that will require telecommunication companies to obtain customer consent before collecting their personal data. "It's the consumers' information," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) | Lauren Victoria Burke

The Federal Communications Commission passed new rules Thursday that will require telecommunication companies to obtain customer consent before collecting their personal data.

“It’s the consumers’ information,” Democratic FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said of the move. “How it is used should be the consumers’ choice. Not the choice of some corporate algorithm.”

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