EPIC and CDT Urge FCC to Reconsider Invasive Know Your Customer Rulemaking Proposal
EPIC and the Center for Democracy & Technology filed comments urging the FCC to reconsider a proposed rule that would expand Know Your Customer requirements for voice service providers, requiring more personal data collection from individual customers. The groups support the goal of reducing illegal robocalls and scam calls but take issue with the FCC's approach.
Why this matters: Fighting robocalls is a popular goal. Almost nobody is against it. But 'collect more data on everyone' is a pattern worth watching, because it tends to outlast the problem it was built to solve. If the FCC mandates broader identity collection from phone customers, that data exists somewhere, can be breached, and can be repurposed. EPIC and CDT are not saying ignore the scam call problem. They are saying the cure should not create a permanent surveillance infrastructure around ordinary phone use.
Who should care: Lawyers · Compliance · General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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