Senate Bill Would Give the FTC Jurisdiction Over Telecom Companies
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Protection from Robocalling Act to combat the dramatic increase in illegal robocalls. The bill amends the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act by removing in its entirety (i.e., not merely for purposes of regulating robocalling activity) the provision that exempts common carriers regulated by the FCC from the FTC’s jurisdiction.
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Topics:
FTC,
US Senate,
CRTC,
IIA,
Protection from Robocalling Act,
ISP Code of Conduct,
Internet Innovation Alliance
US Senate Broadband Data Mapping Bill
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., John Thune, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act. The legislation would improve the accuracy of the FCC’s broadband availability maps by strengthening the process by which broadband data is collected.
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Topics:
FTC,
Broadband Data Mapping Bill,
Privacy Shield Compliance,
high-speed broadband
US Senate Oversight Hearing
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced the committee will convene a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. As part of the Committee’s oversight responsibilities, this hearing will examine policy issues before the Federal Communications Commission and review its ongoing activities and proceedings. All five FCC Commissioners are expected to testify.
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Topics:
broadband,
FTC,
high-cost support,
ISPs,
internet service providers,
U.S. Senate Oversight of the FCC,
Colorado Net Neutrality
FTC Charges Telemarketer for Making Illegal and Unsolicited Calls
The FTC issued a press release advising that it has charged a telemarketing operation and its owners with making millions of illegal, unsolicited calls about educational programs to consumers who submitted their contact information to websites promising help with job searches, public benefits, and other unrelated programs.
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Topics:
FTC,
cybersecurity,
Privacy Bill of Rights Act,
Illegal and Unsolicited Calls
US Congress Data Privacy Act
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act. The Act strengthens data privacy protections for American consumers while also ensuring corporations are focusing on implementing new data security standards and essential privacy protections. It also increases research into technologies that protect Americans’ privacy and shields small businesses from unnecessary regulation.
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Topics:
FTC,
National Consumer Protection Week,
Federal Trade Commission,
data security standards,
DATA Act
FTC Task Force to Monitor Technology Markets
The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition announced the creation of a task force dedicated to monitoring competition in U.S. technology markets, investigating any potential anticompetitive conduct in those markets, and taking enforcement actions when warranted.
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Topics:
FTC,
rate-of-return ILECs,
FCC A-CAM Support,
Texas Chapter 26 Rules
FTC CAN-SPAM Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it has completed its first review of the CAN-SPAM Rule, which establishes requirements for commercial e-mail messages and gives recipients the right to opt out of receiving them. The FTC voted to keep the Rule with no changes. The Rule requires that a commercial e-mail contain accurate header and subject lines, identify itself as an advertisement, include a valid physical address, and offer recipients a way to opt out of future messages.
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Topics:
FTC,
Federal Trade Commission,
Department of Justice,
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim,
CAN-SPAM Rule,
DOJ,
Free Internet
Congress Questions FCC About Small Cell Appeals
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC and FCC licensees relating to legal challenges of the FCC’s small cell order (Order).
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Topics:
FCC,
FTC,
FCC Chairman Pai,
Federal Trade Commission,
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee,
28GHz Band Auction,
Federal Communications Commission,
FCC's Small Cell Order,
Wireless Carrier Location Sharing Practices
Today: FCC Announces Tentative Agenda For November Open Meeting, FTC Announces More Privacy and Data Security Hearings, White House Memo on Spectrum Strategy Released
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Topics:
FTC,
Spectrum,
FCC Open Meeting for November,
FTC Privacy and Data Security Hearings,
White House Memo
Today: FirstNet Announces More than 3,600 Public Safety Agencies Subscribed, FTC Announces PrivacyCon 2019 to Address Privacy and Data Security, and FTC EU-US Privacy Shield Settlement
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Topics:
FTC,
Public Safety,
firstnet subscribers,
PrivacyCon,
EU-US Privacy Shield
