Hunton & Williams, Privacy & Information Security Law Blog, takes on the challenge of explaining to their readers the new Broadband Consumer privacy rules, adopted by the FCC on October 27th, of this year. ISP’s are now required to confirm consent from customers prior to the use or sharing of their sensitive information. Get the full story here from huntonprivacyblog.com.

FCC Adopts Broadband Consumer Privacy Rules

On October 27, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced the adoption of rules that require broadband Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) to take steps to protect consumer privacy (the “Rules”). According to the FCC’s press release, the Rules are intended to “ensure broadband customers have meaningful choice, greater transparency and strong security protections for their personal information collected by ISPs.”
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