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Court Limits 2015 Text Marketing Rules, Gives New FCC an Opportunity to Provide Clarity

Photo of Melinda L. McLellanBy Alan L. Friel and Melinda L. McLellan on Posted in Advertising, Marketing
On March 16, the D.C. Circuit issued a long-awaited decision in a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s July 10, 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the July 2015 Order). We have previously explained the challenges created by the July 2015 Order here and here. On the whole, the unanimous 3-0 Decision offers some good … 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’s Final Privacy Rule – How Final Is It?

By Alan L. Friel and Suchismita Pahi on Posted in Cybersecurity
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 and other telecommunications carriers under its jurisdiction, which were expanded in 2015 by the Open Internet rules (Privacy rule). Buzz around the … Continue Reading

FCC Wades Back Into Data Privacy and Security for ISPs With Revised Privacy Proposal

By Alan L. Friel and Suchismita Pahi on Posted in Cybersecurity, Enforcement
Recently, Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Tom Wheeler circulated to the Commission a revised proposed order to regulate the data privacy and security practices of internet service providers (ISPs) (also known by the Commission as broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers). We previously wrote about the Commission’s initial proposal in this regard (available … Continue Reading
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