Marc Martin was quoted in the PCWorld article, "How 'Free' Wi-Fi Hotspots Can Track Your Location Even When You Aren't Connected," regarding the lack of prescriptive privacy regulations governing Wi-Fi service providers in the U.S.

Wi-Fi privacy regulations have actually taken a step backward at the federal level since the election of president Donald Trump, Marc, former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staffer, told PCWorld.

“One of the first acts by the Republican-controlled Congress and the Trump administration shortly after the president was inaugurated was to rely on the Congressional Review Act to repeal the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules,” said Marc.

“Following that step, the Trump administration FCC repealed the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules,” he added.

Marc said because of these two repeals, there are currently “no prescriptive federal privacy rules or regulations governing Wi-Fi service providers in the United States.”

“It will take a new act of Congress, signed by the President, to adopt any new federal privacy rules governing public Wi-Fi service providers,” Marc said.