Carriers have an obligation to protect customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information (PI). Several recent FCC consent decrees resolving breaches of CPNI and PI show the FCC will hold...more
10/10/2024
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On Sept. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has reached a Consent Decree with AT&T Services Inc. to resolve an investigation into a data breach that occurred in January 2023. AT&T's vendor...more
9/24/2024
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Information Governance ,
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In an ongoing effort to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Attorney General's Office (CAG) announced a recent settlement against Tilting...more
6/28/2024
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Minors ,
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Dear Clients and Friends, As a reminder, telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers are obligated to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer...more
2/22/2024
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Consumer Information ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Telecommunications ,
Telephone Service Providers ,
VoIP ,
Wireless Industry
In the privacy world, confidential information relating to the nature, amount, or use of telecommunications services has always been subject to separate rules from other types of customer data. Prior to the advent of...more
1/31/2024
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Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
FCC ,
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Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Security Breach ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Telecommunications