FTC Requests Information on Broadband Providers' Data-Handling Practices

   By Patrick Thomas 
 

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking more information from internet broadband providers about how the companies collect, retain, use and disclose information about consumers and their devices, the agency said Tuesday.

The FTC sent orders seeking information to companies including AT&T Inc., Comcast Corp., Alphabet Inc., T-Mobile US Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.

The agency said it is seeking information on companies' privacy policies, notices to consumers about data collection-practices and whether the companies offer consumers choices about the collection, retention, use and disclosure of personal information.

The FTC said it is conducting the study to better understand internet service providers' privacy practices as more telecommunications companies move into the content-creation business, such as AT&T's purchase of Time Warner Inc., which brought it Warner Bros., HBO and Turner networks.

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March 26, 2019 13:05 ET (17:05 GMT)

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