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Mar. 29, 2016

Proposed FCC privacy rules aim to 'empower consumers'

On March 10, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, submitted to the FCC a proposal for the adoption of new privacy rules applicable to broadband Internet service providers. By Jonathan Millard and Ana Razmazma

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Jonathan Millard, a partner in Fenwick & West's San Francisco office, counsels clients with respect to privacy issues, particularly regarding corporate acquisitions and international aspects of personal data processing and transfer between the EU and the U.S., as well as commercial agreements, licensing arrangements and technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions

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By Jonathan Millard and Ana Razmazma

On March 10, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, submitted to the FCC a proposal for the adoption of new privacy rules applicable to broadband Internet service providers.

As Wheeler stated in a blog post published on the Huffington Post on the same day the proposal was announced, these new privacy rules are meant to "empower consumers" by helping them gain increased control o...

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