Telecommunications, Privacy Laws, Opt-Outs

Bermuda Telemarketing Guidance Note

Conyers on 6/26/2025

1. Governing Texts 1.1. Legislation The Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (as amended) (PIPA) The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (as amended) (ETA) The Standard for Electronic Transactions (the ETA Standard) ...more

California’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act Compendium

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 5/23/2025

Does your state have its own version of the TCPA? Yes. California has what is known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is located in sections 1798.100 to 1798.199.100 of the California Civil Code. The...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

FCC’s Broadband Privacy Order: Dead on Arrival?

Perkins Coie on 11/15/2016

The Federal Communications Commission recently released an order containing new privacy protections for customers of broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers, which was adopted by a 3-2 vote along partisan lines. In...more

New FCC Privacy Rules for Broadband and Voice Providers

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/9/2016

In an order issued November 2, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission for the first time imposed privacy requirements on providers of broadband internet access services (“BIAS”). The much-anticipated order was an...more

Avoiding the Costly “Robo No-No”

Buchalter on 9/17/2015

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) was enacted to protect consumers from intrusive robocalls, but Congress probably did not foresee that it would result in a windfall for plaintiff’s lawyers. Virtually every...more