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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

A Year in Privacy and Security: Privacy Violations, Large-Scale Data Breaches, and Big Fines and Settlements

2024 was a year chock-full of data breaches and privacy violations. Many new data privacy and cybersecurity regulations were introduced (and became effective), and regulators sent a strong message to businesses that privacy...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

T-Mobile’s $31.5 Million Data Protection and Cybersecurity Settlement with the FCC

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile, resolving the FCC’s investigations related to the data breaches suffered by T-Mobile that affected...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ring, Ring, it’s the FCC Calling- TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle FCC Investigation

TracFone, the pre-paid phone company, recently settled with the FCC over allegations that the company failed to protect customer information during three different data incidents. According to the FCC, in each of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tracfone Settles FCC Investigation for $16 Million

This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a settlement with TracFone Wireless to resolve investigations into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - January 2024, Vol. 13

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Venable LLP

FTC Bans Lead Generator from Participating in Robocalls in $7 Million Settlement

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This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Proposed Stipulated Order with lead generator Response Tree LLC and its president, resolving allegations that the company violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR)...more

ArentFox Schiff

February Privacy Report: FTC Expands Its Use of “Unfairness” Authority in GoodRx Matter

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GoodRx Faces Million Dollar Proposed Penalty from FTC in First Enforcement Action Under the Health Breach Notification Rule - Settlement reveals views on application of unfairness authority to sharing of sensitive...more

Perkins Coie

FCC Prioritizes Enforcing Transfer of Control and Foreign Ownership Rules

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According to a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on October 20, 2022, Truphone Inc. repeatedly transferred control of its FCC licenses to unvetted foreign individuals and entities without...more

ArentFox Schiff

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

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FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 2, July 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the second issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

TCPA industry focus - Energy and utility industry

Over the last three years alone, energy, utility and solar companies have been targeted in numerous putative class actions alleging violations of the TCPA that resulted in several multimillion-dollar settlements totaling more...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles with CenturyLink Over Alleged Unauthorized Third-Party Charges

On August 13, 2019, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced that it settled a nearly three-year long investigation into whether CenturyLink included unauthorized charges from third-party service providers on customer bills....more

Ruder Ware

Autodialing and Pre-Recorded Messages: the TCPA’s Trap for Unwary Lenders and Debt Collectors

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In February 2015, a federal judge approved a $75 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class settlement involving Capital One and three debt collectors.[1] The plaintiffs (debtors) alleged that Capital One and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

State AGs seek to intervene in CFPB enforcement action to modify settlement terms

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The Attorneys General for the states of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, and Vermont recently took the unusual step of filing a joint motion to intervene to modify the settlement terms of a CFPB enforcement action....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Settles Largest Lifeline Enforcement Case for $30 million and Permanent Ban from the Program

We reported last spring on the FCC’s accusations against Total Call Mobile and proposed fine of more than $51 million relating to agent misconduct and the failure of company management to take sufficient and early corrective...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Off the Grid: TCPA Class Action Settlement for Energy Utility Company

Utility companies continue to face ongoing litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that can arise from the use of automated communications with customers for purposes of marketing, customer servicing and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Comcast Reaches Record $2.3 Million Settlement with FCC Over “Negative Option Billing”

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Yesterday, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau reached a $2.3 million settlement with Comcast Corporation (Comcast) to resolve an investigation into whether Comcast wrongfully charged cable TV customers for services and equipment...more

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Verizon Agrees to Pay $1.35 Million to Settle FCC “Supercookie” Investigation

On March 7, 2016, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced that it reached a settlement with Verizon Wireless to resolve an investigation into whether Verizon violated the Commission’s rules by inserting Unique Identifier...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Verizon Settles Supercookie Probe with FCC

Verizon Wireless has reached a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over Verizon’s insertion of unique identifier headers (“UIDH”), also known as “supercookies,” to track customers’ mobile Internet traffic...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

United States Government Continues to Take Steps Expanding Opportunities to Serve U.S.-Cuba Telecommunications Routes and Cuban...

In a recent flurry of activity to implement the President's policy agenda to reestablish relations with Cuba, federal agencies are moving forward with a wave of proceedings and regulations with specific provisions geared...more

Akerman LLP

FCC Settles Data Breach Investigation with Cox Communications

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Recently, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered into a settlement with Cox Communications (Cox) resolving an investigation into whether the cable operator failed to properly protect its...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FCC becomes another active regulator over data security through $3.5M settlement with two telecom companies

The FCC has announced that it will receive a settlement payment of $3.5 million from two telecommunications companies—TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America for allegations around the companies’ failure to safeguard customers’...more

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The New Wave of Data Breach Settlements

4.8 million. 10 million. 15 million. 25 million. Before 2014, these large numbers were likely to represent the number of individuals affected by a data breach. Today, they are the dollar figures that companies must spend to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The FCC Just Upped the Ante for Communications Providers and the FTC with a $25 Million Fine, a Detailed Information Security...

The FCC has been warning communications companies for months that protecting consumer privacy and information security is a top priority, and the recent announcement of a $25 million settlement with AT&T over its alleged...more

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