FCC Should Follow FTC Lead on Data Security, Breach Reporting, AT&T Says
The FCC should follow the FTC’s lead on data security and breach reporting requirements as the communications agency moves forward on ISP privacy rules, AT&T representatives said in a meeting with FCC staff. Any rules adopted should incorporate a “reasonableness…
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standard, as suggested by the FTC staff … rather than a strict liability standard,” the carrier said in a filing in docket 16-106. It met with Public Safety Bureau Chief David Simpson and Wireline Bureau Chief Matt DelNero among other officials. “The Commission also should avoid prescriptive risk management or security requirements that would lock in static requirements that would fail to promote effective security as both security threats and vulnerabilities continue to evolve rapidly,” AT&T said. “Instead, any such rules should incorporate high level data security requirements focused on process and covering risk management assessments, employee and vendor training, and designation of a senior management official with responsibility for the program.”