ISPs fight privacy law –
Law says ISPs need opt-in consent before using or sharing Web-browsing history.
The Trade groups also say Maine’s law violates the US Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which gives federal law priority over state laws that conflict with US law. The Maine law “violates the Supremacy Clause because it allows consumers to dictate (by opting out or declining to opt in) when ISPs can use or disclose information that they must rely on to comply with federal law, rendering ‘compliance with both’ state and the foregoing federal laws ‘impossible,’ “the trade groups claimed. Ongoing battle against state laws The lawsuit is part of a larger battle between ISPs and states that are trying to impose regulations stronger than those enforced by the federal government. One factor potentially working against the ISPs is that the Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to preempt all current and future state net neutrality laws was Blocked by a federal appeals court ruling in October . The FCC
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