Comcast Rebuke: FCC Rules ISPs Cannot Collect Data For Advertising Without Your Permission

It’s official: Your ISP won’t be collecting data about your web-surfing habits without your explicit permission. That’s the bottom line of a Federal Communications Commission vote Thursday that split 3-2 along party lines, with a Democratic majority.

The vote affirms a broad reclassification of broadband providers like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon as common carriers, much like long-distance telephone companies.