Tag Archives: BIAS

Looking Back: The Federal Trade Commission Issues Annual Data Privacy Report for 2017

By John Busch on Posted in Cybersecurity, Enforcement, News
On Jan. 18, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Annual Privacy and Data Security Update. The update is helpful to businesses in that it recaps the efforts and areas of involvement the FTC has targeted in the past year as well as guides data protection strategies for 2018. The report provides a detailed … Continue Reading

Coming Full Circle: FTC Recovers BIAS Regulation Jurisdiction Following FCC Vote

By John Busch and Alan L. Friel on Posted in Internet of Things
In a widely publicized decision, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted on Dec. 14, 2017, to repeal the tenets of the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet Order, or the Open Internet Order, of 2015. See Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, Report and Order on Remand, 30 FCC Rcd. 5601 (2015). While many have … Continue Reading

FCC Broadband Privacy Rule Dead and Buried

By Alan L. Friel, Moustafa Badreldin and Benjamin Barnes on Posted in Behavioral Advertising, Cybersecurity, Federal Legislation
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Privacy and Data Security Rule for broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers (the Privacy Rule) is dead. As we discussed here, the new rule that was set to start phased implementation was recently put on hold. We detailed what the Privacy Rule would have required in prior blog posts available … Continue Reading

FCC Broadband Privacy Rule On Hold, Likely Dead

Photo of Stephanie LucasBy Alan L. Friel and Stephanie Lucas on Posted in Online Privacy
The new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Privacy and Data Security Rule for broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers (Privacy Rule) was set to start phased implementation on March 2, 2017. We have previously detailed what the Privacy Rule would require and when in prior blog posts available here and here. However, on March 1, 2017, … Continue Reading

New Cop on the Block – FCC’s Proposed Data Privacy and Security Rulemaking for Broadband Internet Access Providers

By Alan L. Friel and Suchismita Pahi on Posted in Cybersecurity
In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or global Commission) issued its Open Internet Order, applying Section 222 of the federal Communications Act to broadband Internet access services (BIAS), and in doing so took jurisdiction over privacy and data security matters for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In doing so, it declined requests by some advocacy … Continue Reading
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