FCC And CPPA Partner To Enhance Consumer Privacy And Data Safeguards

The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Privacy and Data Protection Task Force announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel stated consumer data "share[d] with companies or transmit[ted] on networks [is] too often targeted by bad actors or mishandled." This partnership exemplifies that combatting consumer privacy threats will remain a top priority for the FCC.

While the FCC has entered into similar data privacy partnerships with a number of other state Attorneys General, the CPPA is the only state agency exclusively focused on consumer's privacy rights.¹ The CPPA not only has the ability to enforce California's privacy laws, but it can also create new regulations as needed to ensure compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act. California's active participation in protecting consumer privacy has resulted in