United States:
State Attorneys General Request Privacy Requirements On Third-Party Set-Top Box Developers
13 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On June 3, 14 State Attorneys General and the Attorney General
of the District of Columbia published a letter to the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") requesting that the FCC
include a privacy certification requirement in prospective rules
opening the pay-TV set-top box market to third-party developers.
The request seeks to require third-party manufacturers of set-top
boxes to publish consumer-facing statements of compliance with
privacy obligations that already apply to satellite and cable
providers.
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