911 Location Accuracy FNPRM Should Ask About Privacy, Public Knowledge Says
Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld slammed an FCC draft Further NPRM for not taking privacy into account in rules requiring carriers be able to find callers to 911 with greater accuracy. The FNPRM is to be voted on…
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Friday (see 1902210048). Feld filed on a call he received from an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks asking about that issue. “The failure of the FNPRM to mention privacy or security is inexcusable in light of continued revelations that carriers appear to be unable to protect properly customer real-time geolocation information,” Feld said in docket 07-114, posted Wednesday. “Only last week, Vice ran a third story on the ease with which stalkers, bounty hunters and debt collectors and others can obtain access to [assisted GPS] information.”