5 things to watch in Internet privacy fight

Advocates are pressing the Federal Communications Commission to quickly propose strong Internet privacy rules, one of the unfinished parts of the net neutrality order. The agency is expected to release a proposal any month now. It'll come after nearly a year of meetings with stakeholders about the scope of the commission’s new authority.

The FCC’s controversial decision to reclassify broadband Internet as a telecommunications service also gave it new authority to police the privacy practices of companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T. Decisions will have to be made about what information should be private, how companies get consent from customers to share that information, and how to handle data breaches. A formal rule making process has been put off since net neutrality rules were approved, and an initial fall 2015 deadline for proposed rules has already passed.

As the clock ticks and pressure mounts, here are five important factors shaping the debate.

1. Scope of FCC authority
2. New tracking technologies
3. Pressure from tech and consumer groups
4. Data access
5. Consumer protections