Wireless Groups Say Their Members Are Concerned About Privacy
Carriers are privacy-conscious, said wireless associations in news releases issued Thursday after the FCC confirmed a net neutrality privacy NPRM was circulating (see 1603100037). CTIA members “remain committed to robust privacy protection for their customers” and have “proactively implemented strong…
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data privacy and security programs,” CTIA said. It said rules depend on the ultimate decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on whether the FCC correctly reclassified wireless broadband as a common-carrier service in last year’s net neutrality order. As FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said, “the FTC’s long-standing privacy framework has ​effectively protected consumers throughout the Internet services market including, until recently, the broadband industry,” said Debbie Matties, CTIA vice president-privacy. “By adopting the FTC framework, the FCC would allow the continuation of a dynamic marketplace that supports the emergence of innovative new business models and consumers would have meaningful privacy protection.” Competitive Carriers Association President Steve Berry said CCA signed an ISP letter proposing privacy rules (see 1603010069). “CCA agrees that all carriers, wireless and wireline, should have strong privacy practices, which is why wireless companies have policies and procedures in place to safeguard their consumers’ privacy,” Berry said. “Nevertheless, we welcome the opportunity to discuss our proposal and comment on the NPRM.”