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The United States Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The Commission is charged with regulating interstate and international... more +

Court upholds FCC’s expanded data breach reporting rule for telecom and broadband providers

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/25/2025

On August 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit denied several consolidated petitions for review and upheld the FCC’s 2024 rule expanding data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications carriers and...more

FCC Adopts Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecommunications Providers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/8/2024

At the end of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”) adopted updates to its existing 16-year-old data breach notification rules (“prior rules”) designed to ensure that sensitive customer...more

FCC Updates Data Breach Notification Rules

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/29/2023

At its December meeting, the Federal Communications Commission approved a Report and Order modifying its data protection rules. The order expands the scope of protected data to include personally identifiable information....more

Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Broadband Privacy Regulation?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/26/2017

On April 3, 2017, President Trump signed into law a rare Joint Resolution of Congress under the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”), which disapproved the Broadband Privacy Rules adopted late last year by then-Chairman Wheeler’s...more

Congress Overturns FCC’s Broadband Privacy Order [Updated]

Perkins Coie on 4/7/2017

New development: President Trump signed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval on April 3, 2017. The Federal Communications Commission is now prohibited from promulgating rules “substantially similar” to...more

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