Your browsing history may be up for sale soon. Here's what you need to know

A vote could kill privacy rules that would prevent service providers from selling browsing histories and app usage histories to advertisers - here's why it matters

A US House committee is set to vote today on whether to kill privacy rules that would prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from selling users' web browsing histories and app usage histories to advertisers. Planned protections, proposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that would have forced ISPs to get people's consent before hawking their data - are now at risk. Here's why it matters.