WTA Discusses New Broadband Privacy and Data Security Rules at the FCC

Last week WTA, 3 Rivers, USConnect, and Wheat State Telephone met with Commissioners’ staff to discuss new CPNI and data security rules for broadband providers. WTA urged the Commission to retain the ability for ISPs to use publicly available information for marketing and other purposes, in addition to providing flexibility for small carriers to implement reasonable data security measures. Imposing unreasonable restrictions on the use of publicly available information for non-marketing purposes and failing to provide flexibility on data security implementation would unnecessarily divert resources from broadband deployment to regulatory compliance.