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
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Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
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Internet Privacy ,
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Notification Requirements ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy
In a stunning victory, an administrative law judge has recommended the dismissal of a long-pending US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against LabMD, Inc. (LabMD). In a strongly worded opinion in a case that had...more
On Wednesday, April 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered a consent decree and levied a $25 million civil penalty against AT&T to settle a data breach that exposed the information of nearly 280,000 customers....more
4/15/2015
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Decrees ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
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Young Lawyers
The State of California, long the most proactive U.S. state in enacting data privacy laws, has again modified its breach notification and data protection laws. This week, Governor Jerry Brown signed two privacy bills into...more