FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your personal info is stolen | Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before
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FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your personal info is stolen | Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before::Yep, cell carriers didn't have to do this before
What poorly thought out language. First they call FCC "tough", then they go on to imply that it's surprising that this wasn't a requirement before. IMO "tough" would be something that exceeds ordinary expectations.
Agreed. Cloudflare level of transparency should really be the minimum in cases of security breaches for all companies with any user/customer information. And when found to be purposefully hiding that information you should have your right to do business at least suspended in the US.
A policy as such would -
EDIT - spelling/autocorrect battle
They should do this. Still they’ll pass that cost on to the customer.
Next make it a law that companies must inform you when they sell your info.
Every sale to every individual buyer requires separate handwritten notice, each individually attached to a copy of the privacy policy and the data sold, notarized and sent by certified mail in triplicate, with postage paid by the sender. Make it cost so much that the entire industry becomes obsolete.
I hate this as much as you do, but this would kill the major 'free' internet services. You'd likely see almost everything go to a pay to use service.
I'm not going to argue whether that's actually a good result or not, but I would be sad to lose 'free' YouTube.