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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Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
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Data Privacy ,
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FCC ,
Information Governance ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
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Close on the heels of its Consent Decrees with TracFone and AT&T, on September 27, 2024, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it reached a Consent Decree with T-Mobile US, Inc....more
10/1/2024
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Consent Decrees ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Risk Assessment ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications
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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Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Information Governance ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Telecommunications ,
Vendors
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 ,
Filing Requirements ,
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 ,
New Rules ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Security Breach ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Telecommunications
Consumers use cell phone numbers to authenticate their identities across a variety of accounts, such as those held with wireless providers, financial institutions, healthcare providers, and retail websites. One common example...more