Chevron’s Demise Boosts Threat to FCC’s Latest Privacy Focus (2)

A $35 million settlement with a communications firm resolving allegations of unlawful record retention exemplifies the Federal Communications Commission’s most substantial privacy enforcement push in nearly a decade, despite mounting pressures from courts, lawmakers, and industry for deregulation.

The deal with communication assistant company CaptionCall LLC on July 9 is the first by the FCC requiring a company to invest in new privacy and data protections. The deal orders the company to produce a data inventory and data retention schedule while investing in privacy-enhancing technologies.

The settlement is the latest milestone enforcement action by the agency since launching a Privacy ...