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FCC Enforcement Advisory: Broadband Providers Must Take Reasonable, Good Faith Steps to Protect Consumer Privacy
On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued its first enforcement advisory in the post- Open Internet Order era. Not surprisingly, the Bureau’s first advisory addressed the consumer privacy…
Post-Open Internet Order, FCC Schedules a Consumer Privacy Workshop
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus recently announced that they will hold a joint workshop on Tuesday, April 28 to “explore the Commission’s role in protecting the privacy of…
Open Internet Rules Hit the Federal Register, Triggering Effective Dates and Appeal Deadlines
On April 13, 2015, a notice and summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) seminal Open Internet Order (the Order) was published in the Federal Register. As we explained in an earlier blog post and…
Please Join Us on March 24 at 12 PM ET for a Free Webinar: What Your Company Needs to Know About the FCC’s Open Internet Order
On March 12 th, the FCC released its long-awaited 2015 Open Internet Order. In brief, the order reclassifies broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the…
FCC Releases Open Internet Order
On Thursday, March 12, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the text of its long-awaited Open Internet Order, which it adopted on February 26, 2015. As we discussed in a previous blog post, the…