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FCC Fines Largest Carriers for Misuse of Location Data—Many Years Later
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FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Sets Date for Vote to Restore Net Neutrality
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced this morning that the FCC would vote during its April Open Meeting to restore Net Neutrality.
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EPIC Joins Public Knowledge,Benton Institute in Supporting FCC Authority to Combat Digital Discrimination and Establish Civil Rights Office
On April 1, Public Knowledge, joined by EPIC and the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, filed Reply Comments in support of the FCC's legal authority to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination.
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EPIC, NCLC Urge FCC to Prohibit Misuse of Numbers and to Audit in Search of Bad Actors
EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), filed an ex parte letter following up on a March 21, 2024 meeting with the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau regarding misuse of numbering resources.
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NCLC & EPIC FCC Numbering Ex Parte (03/25/24)
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EPIC Emphasizes That FCC Pilot Program Protect Student Privacy, Not Just School Cybersecurity
The E-Rate program uses discounted pricing to facilitate schools and libraries providing free internet access to their students and patrons.
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EPIC Joins NCLC Coalition Comments to FCC on Scam Texts
The coalition urged the FCC to create meaningful financial incentives that motivate text platforms to curtail transmitting scam texts and to encourage legitimate mass texters such as banks to insist that their mass text service providers not transmit scam texts.
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Consumer Privacy
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EPIC-Led Coalition Urges FCC to Protect Consumers from SIM Swap Fraud by Holding Carriers Liable, Banning Forced Arbitration
EPIC, NCLC, and six other advocacy organizations submitted reply comments urging the FCC to state there is a presumption of carrier liability in SIM swap and port-out fraud contexts and to prohibit carriers from using binding pre-dispute arbitration clauses as a means of avoiding facing consumer victims in court for claims arising from these attacks.
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EPIC Urges FCC to Offer Wi-Fi Without Surveillance to Students
EPIC filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission, supporting the agency's proposal to expand its E-Rate program to include Wi-Fi hotspots, but urging the FCC not to require surveillance of users' online activities through those hotspots.
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FCC Adopts EPIC Recommendations to Safeguard 911 Location-Based Routing Data
In its Order, the FCC agreed with EPIC that its existing rules for safeguarding the privacy and security of dispatchable location information (i.e. where an ambulance is sent) should apply equally to the precise location information used in routing a 911 call to the nearest emergency assistance call center.
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