Supreme Court upholds FCC's power to enforce telecom data privacy laws in 8-1 ruling
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Summary
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of the Trump administration, upholding the FCC's authority to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunications companies. The case involved Verizon and AT&T challenging multimillion-dollar penalties for failing to safeguard customer location data. The companies argued the FCC's enforcement process was unconstitutional, but the high court disagreed, preserving one of the FCC's key enforcement tools. However, the administration indicated companies wouldn't have to pay the fines immediately.
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· 3 pulledThe Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Thursday in upholding the power of federal regulators to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunications companies.
The 8-1 decision preserved one of the Federal Communications Commission's key enforcement tools.
The companies argued that the FCC's process was unconstitutional and they hoped to build on a line of Supreme Court cases limiting the power of federal agencies.
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