T-Mobile Asks for Implementation Period if FCC Imposes Privacy Rules
T-Mobile is asking the FCC to give ISPs a 12-to-18-month implementation period if the agency approves privacy rules. A vote on an order is expected in October (see 1609080054). T-Mobile reported on a meeting with staff from the Wireless and…
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Wireline bureaus. Privacy and security are very important to T- Mobile, said a filing in docket 16-106. “An overly prescriptive regime, including broad scope and expansive notice and opt-in requirements, may prevent consumer-friendly innovation without offering any significant corresponding privacy benefit to consumers,” T-Mobile said. “It will take a significant amount of time for companies to implement entirely new rules in this space, and even if the Commission adopts a regime consistent with that of the Federal Trade Commission.” Common Sense Media, meanwhile, urged the FCC to act on rules. “The broadband privacy protections under consideration are especially important for children and teens. Young people are constantly online,” it said in a filing. “With the explosive growth of digital devices and smart phones, education technology in the classroom, and social and mobile media, today’s youth are living out their days almost entirely online at home, at school, and in between.”