Chairman Wheeler's Response to Members of Congress Regarding Privacy of Broadband Customers' Personal Information

On July 22, 2015, nine Senators wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to urge their support for privacy protections for broadband consumers, and to consider various measures with a rulemaking procedure. On May 25, 2016, Chairman Wheeler responded by saying the broadband privacy Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted by the Commission in March sets forth a path towards final rules that will provide clear guidance to Internet service providers and their customers about how the privacy requirements of section 222 apply to broadband Internet access service (BIAS) providers.