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Message-ID: <20221125015206.GA879926@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 01:52:06 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: FCC Releases Draft Nationwide Broadband Map
FCC Releases Draft Nationwide Broadband Map
by Jennifer L. Richter , Douglas I. Brandon and Nicole McFarland
After years of broadband data collection, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) today released a draft of its new nationwide map of
fixed and mobile broadband availability. The map interface is
available here.
The revised map will be the basis for the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration’s (NTIA) allocation to the states of
$42 billion in Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) grants
next summer. Grant funds will be divided among state and tribal
governments, who will issue subgrants prioritizing broadband buildout
in currently unserved and underserved areas, as identified by the new
map. For more on the map revision and grant allocation processes, see
last week’s alert.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1253234?q=1803232&n=617&tp=4&tlk=11&lk=41
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Message-ID: <20221125030003.GA881019@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:00:03 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Oklahoma’s New Telemarketing Law Goes Into Effect, Joining
Other States With Mini-TCPAs
Oklahoma’s New Telemarketing Law Goes Into Effect, Joining Other States With
Mini-TCPAs
by David O. Klein
On November 1, 2022, Oklahoma’s Telephone Solicitation Act (“OTSA”)
took effect. Following a trend set by Florida, Oklahoma decided to
enact its own rules to regulate intrastate telemarketing
communications. Oklahoma’s regulations are the latest to take effect
in a line of Mini-TCPA laws. These regulations have been coined
Mini-TCPAs because they are the state equivalents of the TCPA. The
TCPA, or Telephone Consumer Protection Act, is a federal statute
designed to protect consumer privacy by restricting certain types of
telemarketing communications. Over the years, The TCPA has been
subject to wide-ranging interpretation across various federal circuit
courts. States saw the need to design and enact Mini-TCPAs in order to
ensure more consistent adjudication of claims within their borders. As
detailed below, businesses should be aware of significant differences
that exist between the TCPA and Oklahoma’s new telemarketing law.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1252020?q=1803232&n=614&tp=10&tlk=3&lk=43
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Message-ID: <20221125021629.GA880092@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 02:16:29 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: The Danger Of Dark Patterns
by Renee B. Appel
On November 3, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint
and Stipulated Order in federal court against an internet phone
service provider to stop it from imposing junk fees and making it
difficult for users to cancel their service. This action follows the
FTC’s September publication of “Bringing Dark Patterns to Light,” a
report demonstrating companies’ increased use of design practices
known as “dark patterns” to influence consumers buying behavior (the
“Staff Report”). The Staff Report is derived from a virtual workshop
the FTC held in April 2021 addressing user interfaces across websites
and mobile apps. In connection with announcing the Staff Report,
Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
explained, “Our report shows how more and more companies are using
digital dark patterns to trick people into buying products and giving
away their personal information.” It was the FTC’s intent that the
report “send a clear message that these traps will not be tolerated.”
The FTC’s latest enforcement action confirms that message.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1252944?q=1803232&n=617&tp=4&tlk=17&lk=47
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Message-ID: <20221125024251.GA880698@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 02:42:51 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Google Settles Location-Tracking Probe For Record-Breaking
$391.5 Million
Google Settles Location-Tracking Probe For Record-Breaking $391.5
Million
by Bram Schumer
Google has agreed to pay a historic settlement of $391.5 million to
end a privacy investigation brought by 40 state attorneys general
regarding the search giant’s allegedly misleading location-tracking
features. The states argued that, since at least 2014, Google violated
consumer protection laws by misleading consumers into thinking they
had turned off location-tracking in their Google account settings,
when, in reality, Google continued to collect such location
information and sell it to advertisers.
The payout is the largest multistate privacy settlement in history.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1251768?q=1803232&n=617&tp=7&tlk=3&lk=53
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