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Senate Democrats are urging President Donald Trump to veto a bill passed earlier this week that allows internet service providers to share users’ web history.

More than 40 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have signed a letter that will be sent to Trump Thursday arguing that the legislation will “seriously undermine the privacy protections” of private citizens who use the internet.

“Reversing these landmark privacy protections would be the antithesis of a pro-consumer Administration,” the letter says.

“Consumers deserve the right to make their own decisions about access, use, and sale of their personal, sensitive internet data by their broadband provider.” 

Despite backlash, Trump is expected to sign the bill in the coming weeks.

Read the text of the letter below:

Dear Mr. President:

We write today to urge a swift veto of S.J.Res. 34, a resolution that would rescind the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband privacy rules. This legislation will seriously undermine the privacy protections of the overwhelming majority of Americans who believe that their private information should be just that – private – and not for sale without their knowledge. 

The rules that this legislation would undo were enacted by the FCC in order to prohibit internet service providers (ISPs) from selling or sharing the sensitive personal data of their customers without first obtaining consent.  The data protected under the rule includes information such as one’s social security number, email contents, web browsing history, precise geo-location, application usage, data about consumer’s health and finances, and even data about their  children.  In deeming this sort of information as sensitive, and requiring explicit opt-in consent before it can be shared, the FCC sent a clear message that the choice should be in the hands of consumers – not the broadband providers.

The FCC’s rules were finalized following a lengthy and transparent rulemaking process where members of the public were able to review the rules and submitted more than 250,000 comments, letters, and filings.   S.J.Res. 34, which the Republicans hastily pushed through in the past few days, will not only undo this transparent process, it will prevent the FCC from ever reinstating similar consumer privacy protections in the future. As a result, broadband providers have free rein to share user data without first receiving consent or even notifying consumers.

Reversing these landmark privacy protections would be the antithesis of a pro-consumer Administration.   Accordingly, we respectfully urge you to veto S.J.Res. 34 and make sure that the broadband privacy protections stay intact. Consumers deserve the right to make their own decisions about  access, use, and sale of their personal, sensitive internet data by their broadband provider.

Sincerely,

Dem Senators

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The Duchess of Cambridge is an undisputed style star.

Though we never quite know where she gets her style tips or inspiration, this week People pointed out that she appeared to take notes from her stepmother-in-law, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall. 

Camila stepped out in a green lace dress for a photo exhibition earlier this week:

And Kate wore nearly same look just one night later― a gorgeous Temperley London gown ― for the National Portrait Gallery gala.  

To be fair, Kate and Camilla have recently worn a lot of green in the past two weeks, perhaps signaling that we should all be doing the same: 

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