In an order issued November 2, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission for the first time imposed privacy requirements on providers of broadband internet access services (“BIAS”). The much-anticipated order was an outgrowth of the FCC’s 2015 decision to reclassify BIAS as a telecommunications service and wrested jurisdiction from the Federal Trade Commission. The rules will also apply to voice service providers (including VoIP, wireless and wireline); replacing longstanding rules.
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