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News BriefFCC teams up with CPPA to enforce privacy rules
In an effort to streamline the enforcement of California’s stringent privacy rules, the Federal Communications Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the California Privacy Protection Agency.
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Syniverse appoints chief legal officer
Syniverse, which connects networks, devices, and people, appointed William Petersen as executive vice president and chief legal officer.
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News BriefRegs levy $120M in fines over off-channel comms with two firms avoiding penalties
Regulators continue to hammer firms with fines for violating rules regarding the use of unapproved communication methods by employees, issuing $120 million in fines this week. And for the first time, two firms were not fined because they self-reported their violations.
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News BriefSEC nets $1.3M in off-channel comms sweep against municipal advisory firms
Fines for off-channel communications use by employees just keep on coming, with 12 municipal advisory firms fined a total of $1.3 million in the latest Securities and Exchange Commission sweep.
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News BriefCISA creates new portal for businesses to file cyber incident reports
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a new online portal for organizations to voluntarily report cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware attacks.
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News BriefFCC fines Charter Communications $15M over failing to report 911 outages
Charter Communications agreed to pay $15 million and put in place a “robust” compliance plan, including cybersecurity upgrades, to settle allegations it didn’t comply with emergency 911 and network outage notification rules, the Federal Communications Commission announced.
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News BriefFCC signals forthcoming enforcement against AT&T over February outage
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to take enforcement action against AT&T for a data outage in February that blocked 92 million phone calls.
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News BriefFCC orders Sorenson unit to pay $34.6M over illegal data retention
Sorenson Communications agreed to pay $34.6 million and implement a comprehensive compliance program to settle allegations levied by the Federal Communications Commission that its subsidiary illegally retained call content of users who relied on captions to make and receive calls.
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News BriefAirbus U.S. unit dinged by BIS for antiboycott violations
Satellite communications company Airbus DS Government Solutions received a reduced penalty from the Bureau of Industry and Security for admitting self-disclosed violations of antiboycott regulations.
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Tilson appoints chief legal officer
Network development and information infrastructure services firm Tilson announced the appointment of Tim Schneider to chief legal officer.
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Former VEON CECO joins Miller & Chevalier
Miller & Chevalier announced Joshua Drew, who has worked in associate general counsel and chief compliance officer roles at various multinational companies, joined the law firm as a member.
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Charter Communications announces general counsel
Charter Communications announced the appointment of Jamal Haughton as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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News BriefFCC forms consumer data privacy task force
The Federal Communications Commission announced the launch of a new task force to coordinate privacy and data protection efforts at the agency, which oversees a telecommunications industry often targeted by cybercriminals.
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ArticleFive companies lose board members in DOJ antitrust sweep
Seven members of corporate boards resigned after the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice flagged their situations as potential violations of the Clayton Act.
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ArticleIndictment: China-based Hytera stole trade secrets from Motorola
Hytera Communications allegedly conducted a scheme to systematically steal trade secrets from Motorola Solutions by hiring away Motorola employees who had developed its “walkie-talkie” product line, according to a federal indictment.
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ArticleRed flags ignored in WPP $19M FCPA settlement
Global advertising giant WPP reached a more than $19 million settlement with the SEC to resolve charges of violating the anti-bribery, books and records, and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Cox tabs general counsel
Cox Communications has promoted Joiava Philpott to senior vice president of law and policy and general counsel.
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VEON promotes group chief compliance officer
Netherlands-based communications provider VEON announced the promotion of Joop Brakenhoff to the newly established position of group chief internal audit & compliance officer.
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Poly appoints chief legal and compliance officer
Poly, a communications device manufacturer, announced the appointment of Lisa Bodensteiner as executive vice president, chief legal and compliance officer.
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8x8 tabs chief accounting officer
Integrated cloud communications platform 8x8 announced the appointment of Germaine Cota as chief accounting officer.