Federal Communications Commission

EPIC Joins NCLC Coalition Reply Comments on Robotexts and Online Consents

EPIC joined NCLC's coalition comments urging the FCC not to proceed with its proposed modified rules and instead enforce the stronger, existing rules regarding consent to receive texts and prerecorded telemarketing calls.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• Updates

NCLC Coalition Reply Comments on Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages (FNPRM)

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• APA Comments

EPIC, NCLC Urge FCC to Rein In Number Brokering to Better Combat Robocalls

EPIC and NCLC urged the FCC to expand its focus on caller ID authentication to include curtailing short-term rentals of phone numbers which can bypass caller ID authentication rules.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• Updates

In re: Call Authentication Trust Anchor (6th FNPRM)

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Robocalls

• APA Comments

Anna Gomez Nominated to Federal Communications Commission

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Updates

In re: Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages (FNPRM)

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• APA Comments

Reply Comments in re: Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (NPRM)

These reply comments recognize the support in the record for survivor self-certification and a presumption of financial hardship (Section II), to acknowledge the potential opportunities and unintended consequences of the proposals Survivor Advocates and others have supported (Section III), and to build a more robust record regarding the privacy concerns facing survivors of domestic and sexual violence (Section IV).

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• APA Comments

EPIC, NCLC, and Partners Urge FCC to More Aggressively Combat Robotexts, Not Weaken Existing Rules

The comments support the FCC requiring providers to block traffic from upstream providers that ignore notice of illegal traffic, propose a set of minimum standards for text message campaigns with links, and codify DNC application to texts.

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Updates

In a First, FCC Disconnects Provider for Failure to Block Robocalls

For the first time, the FCC cut off a gateway provider from other networks for failing to comply with its call blocking rules and failing to respond the Enforcement Bureau's Notification of Suspected Illegal Traffic.

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Lower Prices, Reduce Surveillance on Prison Telecommunications

EPIC urged the FCC to lower the cost of prison phone and video calls, and regulate e-messaging systems.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates