On April 20, IAB, the U.S. Chamber, and numerous other trade associations submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting an extension to the deadline for the submission of comments regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to the application of the Communications Act privacy rules to broadband internet providers.
The NPRM spans 147 pages and contains more than 500 questions for comment. It proposes to define terms central to the data ecosystem, including “personally identifiable information,” and seeks to construct a new data security regime, notwithstanding preexisting and overlapping state and federal laws, jurisdictional and enforcement conflicts with other agencies, repeated instances of legislative and executive forbearance in this area, and ongoing policy debates in Congress. For these reasons, IAB believes an extension that allows sufficient time for consideration and comment is warranted.
IAB intends to file a response to the NPRM based on feedback from our member companies. For more information about this topic please contact the IAB Public Policy Office.
