The FCC should identify carriers that have supplied...
The FCC should identify carriers that have supplied Customer Proprietary Network Information to the government, NARUC said in a filing Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1cC7zkv). The commission should then “investigate whether the carriers have complied with Section 222 and the FCC’s implementing regulations,”…
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NARUC said. Section 222 of the Telecom Act requires carriers to protect CPNI. Due to recent media reports that AT&T and other carriers have been compensated by the NSA to provide CPNI, it’s incumbent on the FCC to investigate which carriers have supplied data in violation of the rule, NARUC said. “The FCC has the authority, the resources, and the clear obligation to investigate these matters,” it said. NARUC was responding to a petition by Public Knowledge and other public interest groups seeking a declaration that the sale of consumer phone records to the government violates the Act.