US Senate votes to overturn FCC broadband privacy rules

A ruling by the US Federal Communications Commission that prevented ISPs selling on user data without their consent is set to be overturned following a Senate vote.
The broadband privacy rules were one of a raft of measures pushed through by the FCC late last year in anticipation of a changing of the guard following the US Presidential election. The stated aim of the rules was to protect user data regarding their internet behavior and give them greater control over what ISPs could sell on.
But a