Minnesota lawmakers want Internet service providers to obtain subscribers' written consent before collecting their "personal information."

Developers would need to obtain users' opt-in consent before collecting geolocation data under a proposed privacy law that moved forward today in Illinois.

The lobbying group USTelecom lost no time in praising Congress for voting to repeal sweeping privacy rules.

"Facebook and other data controllers already have outsized influence over individual users as gatekeepers," Power says in a petition filed with the Supreme Court.

Roca Labs says there was no federal law prohibiting companies from stifling consumer reviews in 2015, when the FTC filed a complaint over the practice.

Charter planned a hiring spree and broadband expansion years ago, but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from touting the news.

The DMA and other industry groups are celebrating today's Senate vote to revoke broadband privacy rules that could restrict carriers' ability to engage in online behavioral advertising.

"Hopefully, the FCC's new leadership will seize this opportunity to take a stand against harmful merger conditions that have nothing to do with the transaction at hand," the group Competitive Enterprise Institute says.

The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to deny Facebook's request to authorize an immediate appeal in a battle over robo-texting restrictions.

A Minnesota judge ordered Google to turn over email addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses and other information about anyone who searched for the name of a crime victim.