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FCC Releases Rules Requiring Accessibility of Browsers

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order on April 29, 2013, reversing an earlier interpretation in its October 2011 rulemaking, and clarifying that Internet browsers used for advanced...more

5/2/2013 - Advanced Communications Services Providers FCC Internet Mobile Devices

FCC Adopts New Rules for Accessibility of Emergency Information in Video Programming

On April 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established requirements for the video description of emergency announcements presented on-screen during TV programs, so that the blind and visually impaired can...more

4/12/2013 - Disability Emergency Alerts FCC Safety Precautions Television Programming

Bills on Use of Mobile-Device-Location Data Reintroduced

Updating our entry on this issue posted during the last Congress, on March 21, 2013, lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced companion bills intended to curb government use of mobile users’ geolocation data. The...more

3/26/2013 - Fifth Amendment GPS Mobile Devices Proposed Legislation

California District Court Finds National Security Letter Statute Unconstitutional

Last week, in In re National Security Letter, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found unconstitutional two sections of the federal law allowing the FBI to issue “National Security...more

3/22/2013 - FBI First Amendment ISPs National Security National Security Letters Records Request Separation of Powers

President Obama Signs Video Privacy Protection Act Amendment

On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed H.R. 6671, the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012, which amends the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, to streamline the process for consumers...more

1/14/2013 - Consent Hulu Personally Identifiable Information Social Media Video Privacy Video Privacy Protection Act

FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed Rules for Accessibility of Emergency Information and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency...

On Nov. 19, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement portions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA)...more

11/21/2012 - FCC

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