PRIVACY & DATA

No federal law requires data brokers to register, disclose their practices, or honor deletion requests. This analysis covers the FCRA and GLBA coverage gaps, the CFPB's withdrawn rulemaking, California's Delete Act DROP platform, and the DELETE Act's stalled path through the 119th Congress.

FCC & Federal Regulatory Actions Federal Communications Commission, Universal Service Administrative Company, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services: Notice…

The Federal Communications Commission processed 4 filings of regulatory significance on May 28, 2026, spanning Broadband & 5G, Privacy & Data, and FCC & Spectrum.…

The FTC regulates data privacy at Google and Meta under Section 5; the FCC regulates carrier data under Section 222 CPNI rules. A 2018 en banc ruling made the common carrier exemption activity-based, not status-based — but the 6th Circuit's January 2025 decision striking down broadband Title II reclassification leaves broadband ISP privacy jurisdiction in a structural gap neither agency fully fills.

California, Virginia, Colorado, and Texas have each enacted comprehensive data privacy laws with distinct coverage thresholds, consumer rights, and enforcement mechanisms. This comparison covers CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, and TDPSA across key compliance dimensions.

FCC & Federal Regulatory Actions Federal Communications Commission: Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget (Notice; request for…

FCC & Federal Regulatory Actions Federal Communications Commission Final rule: Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service…

The FCC fined AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint a combined $196.5 million in April 2024 for selling subscriber location data to third-party aggregators, while new data breach notification rules adopted in December 2023 imposed stricter reporting timelines on all U.S. carriers.

The Federal Communications Commission processed 12 filings of regulatory significance on May 14, 2026, spanning FCC & Spectrum, Chip Supply Chain, Broadband & 5G, and…

H.R. 8152 passed committee 53-2 in July 2022 and never reached the House floor. Twenty states have since enacted comprehensive privacy laws. This guide covers ADPPA provisions, the preemption fight that killed it, the state patchwork, and what FTC Section 5 enforcement delivers in the absence of federal legislation.