Wnited States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 March 30, 2017 ‘The President ‘The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Trump: We write today to urge a swift veto of $.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, letiers, and filings. $.1.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. Charles E. Schumer Richard J. Durbin United States Senator United States SenatorLill Nelson Bill Nelson United States Senator Edward J. Markey United States Senator Al Franken’ United States Senator Christopher A. Coons United States Senator United States Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand United States Senator 2 Shaheen’ United States Senator Ona (hare. Tom Udall United States Senator Schatz United States Senator a Whitehouse United States Senator Pre Cory A. Booker United States Senator filed Obnnfies Richard Blumenthal United States Senator 2 UnitkdAStates Senator Ron Wyden 4 United States SenatorRobert Menendez. Je United States Senator United States Senator Sherrod Brown Berard Sanders United States Senator United States Senator D. Harris Benjamin L. Cardin United States Senator United States Senator [ese Deut “Pap toa Heidi Heitkamp Patty’ ray United States Senator United States Senator Mazie KAirono United States Senator United States Senator Jebbie Stabem Patrick J. Leahy United States Senator United States SenatorMaggie fban United States Senator Gary Peers United States Senator Bennet United States Senator ‘Angus 8. King, Jr. United States Senator iris Van Hollen United States Senator (lel Ul Oot. Robert P. Casey, Jr. United States Senator Christopher Murphy United States Senator Martin Heinrich United States Senator Thomas R. Carper United States Senator Claire MeCaskill United States SenatorShane Maria Cantwell United States Senator CF Catherine Cortez Masto Tim Kaine United States Senator United States Senator