TRENTON -- Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg says she's planning to introduce legislation barring internet service providers from selling their customers' personal data without expressed written consent -- a response to action taken this week by Congress that's expected to be approved by President Donald Trump.

"The idea that everything you do is now up for sale is really disgraceful," Weinberg (D-Bergen) told NJ Advance Media.

On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled U.S. House voted to scrap Obama administration Federal Communications Commission protections that prevented big internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from harvesting your personal data and selling it to online advertisers.

State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) (Credit: Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media)

With the repeal of the Obama era protections, your internet provider will be able to sell your precise geolocation, financial and health data, children's information and web browsing history to marketers.

The same FCC rule also required internet providers to adopt security protocols to thwart hackers and to notify customers and federal regulators and law enforcement in the event of a major data breach.

But internet providers hated the rule chiefly because it prevented them from blocking or slowing down web content and then charging a premium for access to faster download speeds.

As the U.S. Senate had already approved legislation nixing the FCC consumer protections, the bill will soon go to Trump's desk, and he is expected to sign it.

Weinberg said she was inspired by a bill advanced this week by Minnesota lawmakers, and would introduce her bill at the next the next quorum session of the Legislature, which is scheduled for May 1.

Minnesota's new internet privacy bill forbids internet providers from collecting "personal information" from a customer "without express written approval from the customer."

The Minnesota legislation also prevents an internet provider from refusing to provide services to customers who have not approved collection of their personal information.

Claude Brodesser-Akner may be reached at cbrodesser@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ClaudeBrodesser. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.