Different they could be hit with some kind of a fire. That happened to google. They said they were not they were honoring thirdparty cookies that were in fact hacking around with russia racked this. The fcc affirmative laid out under the fact that the communications of book cover them as communications as common carriers, they have to make rules. The ftc never had rules that they didnt have rulemaking authority. Host before we go any further, gentlemen, lets bring Howard Buskirk in. Hes the executive director communications. Guest i want to ask you first of all, what are you concerned for the isps in terms of where the fcc may be headed in terms of this area . I have counseled clients in different areas. If one were to apply with the privacy rules, which were developed in the context of the Telecom Reform act of 1996, which the rules really do not work very well in a world of the internet where you have apps and you have Internet Advertising Company and operating systems, all these dif
Then they could be retroactively hit with some kind of a fine or Something Like that. That happened to google, 22. 5 million. They said they were not they were honoring blocking Third Party Cookies but were, in fact, hacking around them. It was retroactive. The fcc affirmatively now, under the fact that the Communications Law will cover them as communications as common carriers, they have to make rules. I mean, the ftc never had rules. They didnt have any rulemaking authority. Its all been about host well, before we go any further here, gentlemen, lets bring Howard Buskirk into the conversation, executive Senior Editor of communications daily. What are the concerns of the ispns, what would be your biggest concern . Guest well, and im not here representing any particular isp. I have done a lot of work counseling clients in many different areas, including some isp clients. But i think the concern is if one were to apply the current telecommunication cans privacy rules Telecommunications
Turned them in and this was a suit was brought by Bernie Sanders campaigned very and the reason that they did this is because it is state is going to be close, it is going to be very close. She is joining us from columbus, oh thank you for joining us. Thank you. Here on cspan2, the the communicators with the sec in its regulation of the internet followed by a roundtable discussion of the house energy and Commerce Committee with medical experts about confession research. Later canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks about canadian politics and takes questions from students at American University in washington dc. Cspan, created by americas Cable Company 35 years ago and brought bought you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. It has been about one year since the sec voted to regulate the internet of a public utility. Coming up next is the Net Neutrality saga, a discussion and vote on privacy rules for the internet. Jim halpert is a privacy and cybersecurity
Peter jim halpert, do you support this rulemaking process, a, and what should be in it . Jim i agree with john that theres confusion right now as to what privacy rules apply and it makes sense for the f. C. C. To move forward and describe what rules its going to apply in greater detail. In terms of what should be in that rule, i think thats really the key question, which well be discussing today. There is considerable disagreement. One can take the view that the internet ecosystem is one whole entity, that i. S. P. s are a particular player in that. But fundamentally in the world of internet advertising, for example, i. S. P. s are a very small player in that market right now. And there ought to be one set of rules, if a consumer has an apple iphone, they dont expect a different set of rules to apply to the Internet Connection that they receive than would apply to the operating system that sees all the traffic going across that phone or any of the apps on the phone. So theres an argume
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