CTIA raised questions about...
CTIA raised questions about a declaratory ruling on how carriers safeguard Customer Proprietary Network Information stored on wireless devices, which was circulated by then-FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski May 17, just before he left office. None of the members of the…
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FCC have voted for the ruling since it was circulated by Genachowski, agency officials said Monday. The ruling holds in part that if data on a mobile device meets the statutory definition of CPNI, it must be considered CPNI, officials said. The ruling grew out of a public notice the commission released last year on privacy practices and Carrier IQ (http://bit.ly/LAIH1m). The FCC should not impose rules on wireless carriers to protect privacy and security of CPNI on mobile devices, carriers and CTIA said in response (CD Aug 1 p10). Seven public interest groups said without rules the FCC has to rely on “opacity and blind faith in voluntary behavior to protect privacy.” CTIA Assistant Vice President Krista Witanowski met with Louis Peraertz, aide to acting Chairman Mignon Clyburn, and spoke with Jennifer Tatel of the Office of General Counsel, said an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/11zQjp5). “The FCC did acknowledge the value of using diagnostic applications such as Carrier IQ and collecting such information to improve network performance and that the FCC had no intention of restricting carriers from continuing to do so.”