CTIA Rejects Wireless CPNI Rules Sought by TURN in California
California consumer groups urged the California Public Utilities Commission to reject CTIA objections to their March petition (see 1803270037) seeking updated privacy rules for wireless carriers’ use of consumer proprietary network information. CTIA opposed the petition in docket P18-03-014, but…
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The Utility Reform Network and the Consumer Federation of California Foundation disagreed, in reply comments that TURN forwarded us Friday. “Current rules didn’t anticipate location tracking, the risks customers would face, or the greed with which phone companies would jump into data sales,” said Ashley Salas, staff attorney for TURN, in a Friday news release. Wireless companies "are committed to protecting their customers’ privacy by complying with applicable federal and state laws, as well as following enforceable self-regulatory codes of conduct," CTIA said in April 30 comments forwarded to us by the association. Technology-specific rules proposed by consumer groups "would do little, if anything, to enhance consumer privacy," it said. "A wireless-specific, California-only set of privacy standards would be ineffective at best, and cause consumer harm and confusion at worst."