PRIVACY & DATA

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.