The F.C.C. has proposed new data breach reporting requirements, and is in response to recent security breaches in the telecoms industry.

The proposal outlines several updates to current FCC rules addressing telecommunications carriers’ breach notification requirements. These include:
· Eliminating the current seven business day mandatory waiting period for notifying customers of a breach;
· Expanding customer protections by requiring notification of inadvertent breaches; and
· Requiring carriers to notify the Commission of all reportable breaches in addition to the FBI and U.S. Secret Service.

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