NCIC Supports Alabama PSC Response to 'Inadvertent' Release of ICS Data
Inmate calling service (ICS) provider Network Communications International Corp. backed the Alabama Public Service Commission's argument that the FCC shouldn't further sanction the APSC or one of its officials for their roles in the improper release of confidential data and…
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their responses to that breach (see 1510080015">1510080015). The release was an "inadvertent violation" of a protective order in the ICS rulemaking, said an NCIC filing posted Tuesday in FCC docket 12-375. NCIC noted its cost information was among the confidential data included in a public filing by APSC official Darrell Baker that aggregated the data, but it said Baker never disclosed the detailed cost support that it and other ICS providers submitted. NCIC concluded it wasn't harmed by Baker's posting, nor does it believe other providers were harmed, including Global Tel*Link, which has called for additional FCC sanctions of both the APSC and Baker (see 1510050034">1510050034). "The APSC has taken a lead role and significantly influenced ICS reforms in Alabama and nationally. Therefore, it is not surprising that some ICS providers resent his contribution and the APSC’s participation in this proceeding," NCIC said. The firm said it concurred with the APSC's remedial actions to prevent future violations and it also recommended Baker be allowed to again participate in the ICS proceeding after he was barred by the FCC from doing so.