CPUC May Soon Deny Request for Wireless CPNI Rulemaking, Continue CASF Update
The California Public Utilities Commission may deny consumer advocates’ petition for rulemaking to update privacy rules for wireless carriers. Members may vote Oct. 25, said the proposed decision of Administrative Law Judge Jason Jungreis released Friday. The Utility Reform Network…
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(TURN) and Consumer Federation of California urged stricter such consumer proprietary network information rules (see 1803270037). California’s June privacy law (see 1806290043) is one reason the rulemaking isn’t needed, Jungreis said. “Because of the importance of information privacy to California consumers, however, we intend to monitor the issues raised in this Petition and, if there appears to be a need for additional privacy rules in the future, the Commission can open a Rulemaking.” TURN disagreed. “The protections we're asking for here are very basic: disclosure of data sales and customer choice,” a spokesperson said. “The CPUC proposal would continue to [allow] these very profitable sales of customers' personal information to go on largely in secret, without offering consumers a choice.” Also at the meeting, commissioners may vote to make administrative changes to the rural and urban regional broadband consortia grant account as part of the CPUC implementing a 2017 law to revamp the California Advanced Services Fund (see 1807120005), said a proposed decision by Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves posted Friday in docket R1210012.