Privacy Paternalism at the FCC About two months ago, the FCC proposed a rule that singles out Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) providers as the target of new, and seemingly arbitrary limits on their ability to collect and use the data that flow over their networks. The comment period closed this past Friday (view mine here), so as summer begins, it may be a good time to reflect on why the FCC’s proposal is misguided, and how it could be saved. Appealing to the old axiom, “if it ain