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Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC’s 2024 Breach Notification Rules

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/26/2025

Telecommunications carriers must continue to adhere to a 2024 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Order that substantially broadened carriers’ breach notification obligations, requiring that they disclose breaches of any...more

FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

Lerman Senter PLLC on 1/19/2024

The FCC has significantly expanded telecommunications carriers’ data breach notification and reporting obligations. Telecommunications carriers, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and telecommunications...more

FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Rules

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/4/2024

The amended rules follow the Biden Administration’s “whole of government” approach to maximizing notifications to executive agencies of cybersecurity events. On December 21, 2023, a divided Federal Communications...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

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 13, 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/14/2023

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

FCC’s Final Privacy Rule – How Final Is It?

BakerHostetler on 12/14/2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted an order on Oct. 27, 2016, which started to go into effect this month, regarding privacy and data security obligations for broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers...more

The Clock Has Started: What ISPs Need to Do and When to Comply with the FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules

Proskauer on Privacy on 12/8/2016

On December 2, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) published its Report and Order entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (the “Order”) as a final rule...more

BIAS Rules: New FCC Regulations on Broadband Customer Privacy

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/16/2016

On October 27, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) adopted sweeping new privacy rules applicable to all telecommunications providers including broadband internet access service (“BIAS”) and...more

Hotly Anticipated Broadband Privacy Order Released by FCC

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/11/2016

On Nov. 2, 2016, the FCC released its long-awaited broadband privacy Order and rules by a 3-2 vote. The Order comes nearly 18 months after the Commission moved to reclassify broadband internet access service (“BIAS”) as a...more

Alert: FCC Releases Sweeping Privacy Order

Cooley LLP on 11/7/2016

The Federal Communications Commission has released a 177-page order detailing new privacy and data security rules. It is important to note that these new rules not only apply to providers of broadband internet access service...more

FCC Proposes Sweeping Broadband Privacy Rules

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/13/2016

Broadband Internet access service providers would face a new, top-to-bottom consumer privacy regime. Twelve months after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed common-carrier telecommunications rules on...more

FCC Proposes Bothersome Breach Definition in Privacy NPRM

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 4/11/2016

On April 1, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning privacy regulation of internet broadband service providers (“ISPs”). The NPRM proposes, among other...more

They Can Be Heroes: The FCC Proposes Expansive and Detailed Privacy & Cybersecurity Regulations for Broadband ISP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/9/2016

On April 1, 2016, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would impose new regulatory burdens on broadband Internet service providers’ use of customer data. The wide-ranging NPRM also proposes rules...more

Privacy Tuesday – July 2015: Hack Attack on Adultery Site Ashley Madison

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/21/2015

Once again, data breaches and hacks are front and center, so here are three stories you should know about to start your week....more

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/17/2015

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

FCC Proposes $10M Privacy Breach Fine Against Two Telecommunications Companies

King & Spalding on 11/7/2014

On October 24, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that it intends to fine two telecommunications companies $10 million for storing confidential personal information of up to 305,000 customers in a...more

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