The debate over internet privacy rages on.  Why does this issue keep cropping up?  Since the time the internet became available over twenty years ago, it has been regulated by Federal Trade Commission privacy rules, and the rules for privacy protection and data collection-monitoring have worked well. Let's be clear: this isn't about internet privacy or some technology upgrade.  This is about a Federal Communications Commission power-grab promulgated by the left to promote their own agenda – first, by the controlling of consumer preferences above and beyond the FTC time-tested approach of allowing the market to work.  Market forces are allowed to work because current regulation enforces the promises companies make to consumers online about privacy protection, but it does not mandate that companies make privacy promises.  Consumer demand and competition are allowed to work under the current structure and determine company commitment to online...(Read Full Post)