US: Voting to Mine and Sell your ISP traffic

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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/03/23/1737248/senate-votes-to-kill-fccs-broadband-privacy-rules
https://act.eff.org/action/don-t-let-congress-undermine-our-online-privacy

The Senate voted 50-48 along party lines Thursday to repeal an
Obama-era law that requires internet service providers to obtain
permission before tracking what customers look at online and selling
that information to other companies. PCWorld adds: The Senate's 50-48
vote Thursday on a resolution of disapproval would roll back Federal
Communications Commission rules requiring broadband providers to
receive opt-in customer permission to share sensitive personal
information, including web-browsing history, geolocation, and
financial details with third parties. The FCC approved the regulations
just five months ago. Thursday's vote was largely along party lines,
with Republicans voting to kill the FCC's privacy rules and Democrats
voting to keep them. The Senate's resolution, which now heads to the
House of Representatives for consideration, would allow broadband
providers to collect and sell a "gold mine of data" about customers,
said Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat. Kate Tummarello, writing
for EFF: [This] would be a crushing loss for online privacy. ISPs act
as gatekeepers to the Internet, giving them incredible access to
records of what you do online. They shouldn't be able to profit off of
the information about what you search for, read about, purchase, and
more without your consent. We can still kill this in the House: call
your lawmakers today and tell them to protect your privacy from your
ISP.