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07/12/2016
NCTA to FCC: Broadband Privacy Approach Out of Step
WASHINGTON — Tech and communications trade association heads, including National Cable & Telecommunications Association CEO Michael Powell, have sent a joint letter to the leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee telling them to steer the Federal Communications Commission toward a different approach to broadband privacy.
“We are hopeful that your examination of these issues will lead to an FCC approach that closely harmonizes FCC privacy rules with the existing Federal Trade Commission framework and is consistent with the administration’s guiding principles for privacy and security in the Internet economy," the trade association heads — including Powell, CTIA-The Wireless Association CEO Meredith Attwell Baker and USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick — said in a letter address to Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and ranking member Bill Nelson (D-Fla.).
