Major Associations Urge Voluntary Smart-Device Labeling Program
Representatives of major trade associations stressed to the FCC that a cyber trust mark program for smart devices (see 2311130034) must remain voluntary. “The Trade Associations highlighted several factors that will be necessary in order to make the FCC’s proposed…
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Labeling Program a success,” the reps told Public Safety Bureau Chief Debra Jordan and others from the bureau, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 22-239 from by CTA, the Connectivity Standards Alliance, CTIA, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and USTelecom. The program should “leverage” the work of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and industry standards and “allow for self-attestation,” the groups said. “Preemption and safe harbors are critical to the Labeling Program’s success,” they said: The program “should be launched at the device level but should allow for expansion to the product level in the future.”