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FCC Proposes Rules That Impact Online Privacy

'Broadband Internet access service" (BIAS) is the essential conduit for the conduct of our daily personal and private lives, without which all Internet activity comes to a stop. Because BIAS is largely invisible, Rarely do we consider that ISPs that provide BIAS to consumers have extraordinarily broad access "to very sensitive and very personal information." The FCC has adopted a NPRM that proposes to establish privacy guidelines applicable to ISPs.

11 minute read May 01, 2016 at 12:01 PM
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Shari Claire Lewis
FCC Proposes Rules That Impact Online Privacy

'Broadband Internet access service” (BIAS) is the essential conduit for the conduct of our daily personal and private lives, without which all Internet activity comes to a stop. Indeed, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently referred to BIAS as “the most significant communications technology of today.”

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