Overview
Inside Counsel quoted Pantelis Michalopoulos in a June 2 article titled “FCC Proposed Privacy Rule, FTC Comment Need to be Reviewed by Lawyers.” The article discusses the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection filing a comment with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the FCC’s proposed privacy rule for broadband Internet access service providers. The FTC claims that regulating Internet service providers' data privacy practices differently than those of other online companies is not ideal and that Congress should strengthen privacy protections across the board.
Mr. Michalopoulos says, “The most important take-away from the FCC’s privacy proposal and the FTC’s comments on that proposal is this: the FCC’s proposal is narrow, as it applies to a small subsection of communications and internet companies – only providers of broadband Internet access; whatever its merits, this proposal should not be viewed as a blueprint for generally applicable privacy rules.”
The full article can be read at Inside Counsel.
