Look for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet to be active on the net neutrality front now that it is in Democratic hands.

At least that was the signal from its new chairman, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.).

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“The internet is a ubiquitous tool in our lives, and as the Trump Administration tries to kill net neutrality, I am eager to take on the challenge of ensuring that the internet remains open to all content regardless of source," said Johnson following his election to the post. "Content must be available without discrimination and accessible to all."

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Johnson is a former judge and defense attorney handling criminal cases. He has been a member of the Judiciary Committee and chaired the Subcommittee on Courts & Competition Policy when Democrats previously controlled the chamber.

It is unclear what a divided Congress can and will do about the FCC's rollback of net neutrality regs, but Johnson could join his colleagues in ramping up oversight and investigations of the Republican-majority FCC and its policies.

On the eve of the annual Data Privacy Day (Jan. 28), Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked Uber for more information on its data privacy policies.

He had asked the app-based taxi service late last year for information on the "scope, transparency and enforceability" of those policies but was not happy with what he said was a lack of detail.

He wants answers to follow-up questions by Feb. 11, covering topics including Uber's indefinite retention of customers' personal information, customers' ability to opt in or out of information sharing with third parties and how the company determines which employees should have access to customer records.

Franken has been one of the most active senators in the privacy space and is currently ranking member on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. Uber, based in San Francisco, is available in 50 cities across 25 countries.