Today, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved far-reaching new information privacy rules that will govern how providers of broadband Internet access service collect, use, protect, and share data from their...more
10/28/2016
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Data-Sharing ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Policy ,
Reasonableness Factors
As we highlighted in a post last month, the FCC has proposed sweeping new privacy rules on broadband providers. Since our last post, the FCC has released its proposal in the form of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. ...more
4/21/2016
/ Broadband ,
Comment Period ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Notification Requirements ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy
Broadband Internet access service providers would face a new, top-to-bottom consumer privacy regime.
Twelve months after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed common-carrier telecommunications rules on...more
4/13/2016
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Broadband ,
Comment Period ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
FCC ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Third-Party
Last week, the FCC announced that Chairman Tom Wheeler had circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on implementing Section 222’s privacy obligations for broadband providers. Section 222’s requirements were...more