ISPs ask lawmakers to kill privacy rules, and they’re happily obliging

   > "Further, the Order would also result in consumers being bombarded 
   > with trivial data breach notifications. The FCC greatly expands the 
   > category of information for which a breach notification would be necessary,  
   > even if the consumer is not harmed."

Can't have those damned consumers knowing just how far we spread their data around, nor the negligence with which our partners handle their data. That just won't do.

USA should be considered a corporate oligarchy at this point. It's clear that, with gerrymandering, our FPTP voting system, and the fact that corporations are people and money is speech, the citizens of the country hold no real power anymore.