FCC to Consider Applying Privacy Rules To Information Collected on Wireless Devices

The Federal Communications Commission will vote at its June 27 meeting on whether to require wireless carriers to adhere to the agency’s existing Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules, which govern how traditional telephone companies and providers of internet-based phone services treat their customers’ personal data, an FCC official told BNA.

The declaratory ruling would make it clear that when a carrier collects a customer’s personal information, such as a number dialed, the length of a call, and the location of where a call is placed or received, that company may use or disclose it only as permitted by the ...