GOP warns against proposed Internet privacy rules

Susan Ferecchio reports:

New Internet privacy regulations could stifle new technology and confuse the public, top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee warned Wednesday.

In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and other GOP lawmakers criticized the FCC’s proposed privacy and data breach notification requirements on broadband Internet service providers.

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