{"description":"Documents matching '\"SIM-Swap\"' and from Federal Communications Commission","count":16,"total_pages":1,"results":[{"title":"Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might \"further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.\" The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2024-25103","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/29/2024-25103/information-collections-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-29/pdf/2024-25103.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25103.pdf?1730119530","publication_date":"2024-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"against unauthorized access and disclosure.\n \n \n On November 16, 2023, the FCC released the \n <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud Order \n (88 FR 85794 (December 8, 2023)), which adopted a baseline framework to combat <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> fraud by amending section 64.2010 of the CPNI rules to add paragraph (h) on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) changes and adds new information collection requirements in paragraphs (h)(3), (h)(5), (h)(6), and (h)(8) of that rule. A <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> involves the fraudulent transfer (or “swap”) of an account from a device associated with one SIM"},{"title":"Protecting Consumers From SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on whether to harmonize the existing requirements governing customer access to Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) with the new Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) change authentication and protection measures that the Commission adopted; whether limitations on employee access to CPNI prior to customer authentication should be extended to all telecommunications carriers; what steps the Commission can take to harmonize government efforts to address SIM swap and port- out fraud; and how providers should notify customers of failed authentication attempts.","document_number":"2023-26701","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/14/2023-26701/protecting-consumers-from-sim-swap-and-port-out-fraud","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-14/pdf/2023-26701.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-26701.pdf?1702475114","publication_date":"2023-12-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"seek comment on this tentative conclusion.\n \n \n 7. \n Harmonizing Government Efforts to Address <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud. \n We seek comment on what steps the Commission can take to harmonize government efforts to address <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud. As several \n \n commenters noted, <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud implicates the authentication practices of other industries. We recognize that there may be other efforts within the government to tackle <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud to address the broader implications of these harmful practices. We seek information"},{"title":"Protecting Consumers from SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order that adopts measures designed to address two fraudulent practices bad actors use to take control of consumers' cell phone accounts and wreak havoc on people's financial and digital lives without ever gaining physical control of a consumer's phone. The Report and Order revises the Commission's Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Local Number Portability (LNP) rules to require wireless providers to adopt secure methods of authenticating a customer before redirecting a customer's phone number to a new device or provider. The Report and Order also require wireless providers to immediately notify customers whenever a SIM change or port-out request is made on customers' accounts, and take additional steps to protect customers from SIM swap and port-out fraud.","document_number":"2023-26338","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/08/2023-26338/protecting-consumers-from-sim-swap-and-port-out-fraud","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-08/pdf/2023-26338.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-26338.pdf?1701956716","publication_date":"2023-12-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"documentation of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud involving their accounts. These measures must be provided to victims of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port out fraud at no cost. We anticipate that, in combination, these requirements will serve to minimize the harms that victims experience as a result of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud.\n \n 58. Our requirement that wireless providers maintain a clearly disclosed, transparent, and easy-to-use process for customers to report <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud rests on our concern that customers currently struggle to report <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.","document_number":"2024-13882","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/25/2024-13882/information-collections-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-25/pdf/2024-13882.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13882.pdf?1719233122","publication_date":"2024-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"information against unauthorized access and disclosure.\n \n \n On November 16, 2023, the FCC released the \n <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud Order \n (88 FR 85794 (December 8, 2023)), which adopted a baseline framework to combat <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> fraud by amending section 64.2010 of the CPNI rules to add paragraph (h) on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) changes and adds new information collection requirements in paragraphs (h)(2) through (6) and (h)(8) of that rule. A <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> involves the fraudulent transfer (or “swap”) of an account from a device associated with one SIM"},{"title":"Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding; Correction","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission corrects a Proposed rule published in the Federal Register of January 29, 2024, announcing the dates for filing oppositions and replies to a Petition for Reconsideration of Action in a Rulemaking Proceeding, adopted by the Commission on November 15, 2023. The document contained an error in the Dates section, the contact information, and the subject of the supplementary information.","document_number":"2024-02578","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/08/2024-02578/petitions-for-reconsideration-of-action-in-rulemaking-proceeding-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-08/pdf/2024-02578.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02578.pdf?1707313526","publication_date":"2024-02-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at \n Melissa.Kirkel@fcc.gov, \n 202-418-7958.\n \n Correction \n \n 3. In the second column, fourth paragraph from the top, correct the \n Supplementary Information \n caption to read:\n \n \n Subject: \n Protecting Consumers from <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-out Fraud (WC Docket No. 21-341).\n \n \n Federal Communications Commission. \n Marlene Dortch, \n Secretary. \n \n \n \n [FR Doc. 2024-02578 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am] \n BILLING CODE 6712-01-P \n \n"},{"title":"Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, November 15, 2023","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband internet access service by preventing digital discrimination of access and seek additional comment on matters pertaining to the Commission's administration of Section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and our efforts to facilitate equal access. 2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Empowering Survivors of Domestic Violence (WC Docket No. 22-238), Lifeline and Link Up Reform Modernization (WC Docket No. 11-42), Affordable Connectivity Program (WC Docket No. 21-450). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt rules to implement the Safe Connections Act of 2022 to help survivors of domestic violence and similar crimes separate lines from shared mobile accounts that include their abusers, protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines, and support survivors who face financial hardship through the Commission's affordability programs. 3...................... CONSUMER & TITLE: Understanding GOVERNMENTAL Impacts of Artificial AFFAIRS. Intelligence on Robocalls and Robotexts (CG Docket No. 23-362). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry seeking to better understand the implications of Artificial Intelligence technologies as part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal telephone calls and text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). 4...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Protecting Consumers from SIM Swapping and Port-Out Fraud (WC Docket No. 21- 341).","document_number":"2023-25297","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/16/2023-25297/open-commission-meeting-wednesday-november-15-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-16/pdf/2023-25297.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25297.pdf?1700056002","publication_date":"2023-11-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"COMPETITION \n \n TITLE: \n Protecting Consumers from SIM Swapping and Port-Out Fraud (WC Docket No. 21-341).\n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would adopt rules to protect consumers from <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud, two fraudulent practices that bad actors use to take control of consumers' cell phones, and would also seek comment on whether to harmonize the Commission's existing requirements governing customer access to customer proprietary network information with"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-2026","type":"Notice","abstract":"Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish a regulatory agenda (Agenda) of regulations under development or review during the next year which will be included in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Agenda required by Executive Order 12866 must include all regulations the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Executive Order 12866 provides that agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda required under the RFA. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings and meet its obligations under the RFA and Executive Order 12866, the Commission has prepared Agenda entries providing a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity that is currently planned for the 12 months, subject to revision, including the objectives and legal basis for each, and the name and telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the agenda. The Commission's Agenda entries published in the Federal Register are only those entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the RFA. The Commission's complete list of regulatory and deregulatory actions for the Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2026-16615","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/14/2026-16615/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-14/pdf/2026-16615.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16615.pdf?1786625116","publication_date":"2026-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"or port-out request is made on customers' accounts, and take additional steps to protect customers from <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud. In a Further Notice of \n \n Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to harmonize the existing requirements governing customer access to CPNI with the SIM change authentication and protection measures, and on what steps the Commission can take to harmonize government efforts to address <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud.\n \n Timetable: \n \n   \n \n Action \n Date \n FR Cite \n \n \n NPRM \n 10/15/21 \n 86 FR 57390"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Spring 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C 601- 612) the Federal Communications Commission is required to publish a regulatory flexibility agenda twice-yearly in the Federal Register describing any regulatory proceedings under development or review which are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 5 U.S.C. 602. In addition, Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish, twice yearly, a regulatory agenda (Agenda) of regulations under development or review during the next year which will be included in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Agenda required by Executive Order 12866 must include all regulations the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. E.O. 12866 provides that agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda required under the RFA. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings and meet its obligations under the RFA and E.O. 12866, the Commission has prepared Agenda entries providing a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity that is currently planned for the 12 months, subject to revision, including the objectives and legal basis for each, and the name and telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the agenda. The Commission's Agenda entries published in the Federal Register are only those entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the RFA. The Commission's complete list of regulatory and deregulatory actions for the Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2025-18318","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/22/2025-18318/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-spring-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-22/pdf/2025-18318.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18318.pdf?1758285917","publication_date":"2025-09-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"change or port-out request is made on customers' accounts, and take additional steps to protect customers from <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud. In a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to harmonize the existing requirements governing customer access to CPNI with the SIM change authentication and protection measures, and on what steps the Commission can take to harmonize government efforts to address <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud. \n Timetable: \n \n   \n \n Action \n Date \n FR Cite \n \n \n NPRM \n 10/15/21 \n 86 FR 57390 \n"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Spring 2024","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Spring and Fall of each year, the Federal Communications Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant regulatory proceedings under development or review that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2024-16467","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/16/2024-16467/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-spring-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/pdf/2024-16467.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16467.pdf?1723725924","publication_date":"2024-08-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"change or port-out request is made on customers' accounts, and take additional steps to protect customers from <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud. In a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission sought comment on whether to harmonize the existing requirements governing customer access to CPNI with the SIM change authentication and protection measures, and on what steps the Commission can take to harmonize government efforts to address <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> and port-out fraud.\n \n \n Timetable: \n \n \n   \n \n Action \n Date \n FR Cite \n \n \n NPRM \n 10/15/21 \n 86 FR 57390"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2023","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Spring and Fall of each year, the Federal Communications Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant regulatory proceedings under development or review that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2024-00466","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/09/2024-00466/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-09/pdf/2024-00466.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00466.pdf?1707399916","publication_date":"2024-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Docket No. 15-80) \n 3060-AL01 \n \n \n 597 \n Modernizing Unbundling and Resale Requirements in an Era of Next-Generation Networks and Services \n 3060-AL02 \n \n \n 598 \n Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America; GN Docket No. 20-32 \n 3060-AL15 \n \n \n 599 \n Protecting Consumers From <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud, WC Docket No. 21-341 \n 3060-AL34 \n \n \n 600 \n Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (WC Docket No. 22-238,11-42, 21-450) \n 3060-AL48 \n \n \n \n FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) \n \n Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau \n Long-Term"},{"title":"SIM Swapping and Port-Out Fraud","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that focuses on putting an end to two methods used by bad actors to take control of consumers' cell phone accounts and wreak havoc on people's financial and digital lives without ever gaining physical control of a consumer's phone. In the first type of scam, known as ``subscriber identity module swapping'' or ``SIM swapping,'' a bad actor convinces a victim's wireless carrier to transfer the victim's service from the victim's cell phone to a cell phone in the bad actor's possession. In the second method, known as ``port-out fraud,'' the bad actor, posing as the victim, opens an account with a carrier other than the victim's current carrier. The bad actor then arranges for the victim's phone number to be transferred to (or ``ported out'') to the account with the new carrier controlled by the bad actor. This NPRM takes aim at these scams by proposing to amend the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and local number portability (LNP) rules to require carriers to adopt secure methods of authenticating a customer before redirecting a customer's phone number to a new device or carrier. The NPRM also proposes to require providers to immediately notify customers whenever a SIM change or port request is made on customers' accounts, and seeks comment on other ways to protect consumers from SIM swapping and port-out fraud.","document_number":"2021-22099","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/15/2021-22099/sim-swapping-and-port-out-fraud","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-15/pdf/2021-22099.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-22099.pdf?1634215517","publication_date":"2021-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"to entire accounts? Do our proposed rules impact these types of accounts with multiple lines in any other ways?\n \n \n 20. \n Remediation of <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> Fraud. \n We seek comment on how we can enable timely resolution of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> fraud to minimize financial and other damage to customers who are victims of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> fraud. How can we encourage and/or ensure that carriers quickly resolve complaints in cases of <span class=\"match\">SIM swap</span> fraud? Should we require carriers to respond to customers and offer redress within a certain time frame? What would be the costs to carriers"},{"title":"Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Affordable Connectivity Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) begins the process of implementing the Safe Connections Act, taking significant steps to improve access to communications services for survivors of domestic abuse and related crimes. We seek comment on the implementation of the Safe Connections Act's statutory requirement that mobile service providers separate the line of a survivor of domestic violence (and other related crimes and abuse), and any individuals in the care of the survivor, from a mobile service contract shared with an abuser within two business days after receiving a request from the survivor. We also seek comment on a proposal to require service providers to omit from consumer-facing logs of calls and text messages any records of calls or text messages to hotlines listed in a central database of hotlines that the Commission would create. We also seek comment on whether to designate the Lifeline program or the Affordable Connectivity Program as a means for providing survivors suffering financial hardship with emergency communications support for up to six months, as required by the Safe Connections Act.","document_number":"2023-04489","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/13/2023-04489/supporting-survivors-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence-lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-03-13/pdf/2023-04489.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-04489.pdf?1678455917","publication_date":"2023-03-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"information to covered providers for authentication purposes. We are concerned that, absent any form of authentication, line separation requests could be easily abused by bad actors with significant consequences to consumers, similar to instances of subscriber identify module (<span class=\"match\">SIM) swap</span> and port-out fraud. We note, however, that in response to the \n Notice of Inquiry, \n some commenters argued that maximizing the ability of survivors to access any benefits the Commission establishes should supersede fraud and abuse concerns, at least absent evidence of widespread"},{"title":"Possible Revision or Elimination of Rules","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public to comment on the Commission's rules to be reviewed pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended. The purpose of the review is to determine whether Commission rules that the FCC adopted in calendar years 2007-2012 should be continued without change, amended, or rescinded in order to minimize any significant impact the rule(s) may have on a substantial number of small entities. Upon receiving comments from the public, the Commission will evaluate those comments and consider whether action should be taken to rescind or amend the relevant rule(s), or retain the rule(s) without modification.","document_number":"2023-20561","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/26/2023-20561/possible-revision-or-elimination-of-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-26/pdf/2023-20561.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-20561.pdf?1695645930","publication_date":"2023-09-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"phone number to a new device and to immediately notify customers whenever a subscriber identity module (SIM) change request is made on a customers' accounts, and sought comment on other ways to protect customers from fraud related to SIM changes. \n Protecting Customers from <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud, \n WC Docket No. 21-341, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 36 FCC Rcd 14120 (2021).\n \n \n \n \n 7 \n  The Commission has proposed updates to § 64.2011 addressing telecommunications carriers' breach notification duties to ensure that affected customers, the Commission"},{"title":"Data Breach Reporting Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's data breach notification rules to better ensure that providers of telecommunications, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and telecommunications relay services (TRS) are held accountable in their obligations to safeguard sensitive customer information, and to provide customers with the tools needed to protect themselves in the event that their data is compromised.","document_number":"2024-01667","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/12/2024-01667/data-breach-reporting-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-12/pdf/2024-01667.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01667.pdf?1707486318","publication_date":"2024-02-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"requirements and the data breach notification requirements adopted here lead to such a significant overlap with the \n 2016 Privacy Order \n as to render the Commission's collective actions substantially the same as the \n 2016 Privacy Order \n as a whole. For example, in the recent \n <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> Order, \n the Commission adopted certain privacy requirements focused on wireless carriers' practices in the specific context of account transfers (or “swaps”) from a device associated with one subscriber identity module (SIM) to a device associated with a different SIM on"},{"title":"Open Commission Meeting Thursday, September 30, 2021","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to examine the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework, the FCC's network outage reporting rules, and strategies to address the effect of power outages on communications networks. 2................ PUBLIC SAFETY & Title: Reassessing 4.9 GHz HOMELAND SECURITY Band for Public Safety (WP AND WIRELESS Docket No. 07-100). TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration that would vacate the 2020 Sixth Report and Order, which adopted a state-by-state leasing framework for the 4.9 GHz (4940-4900 MHz) band. The Commission also will consider an Eighth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would seek comment on a nationwide framework for the 4.9 GHz band, ways to foster greater public safety use, and ways to facilitate compatible non-public safety access to the band. 3................ OFFICE OF ENGINEERING Title: Authorizing 6 GHz Band & TECHNOLOGY. Automated Frequency Coordination Systems (ET Docket No. 21-352). Summary: The Commission will consider a Public Notice beginning the process for authorizing Automated Frequency Coordination Systems to govern the operation of standard-power devices in the 6 GHz band (5.925-7.125 GHz). 4................ OFFICE OF ENGINEERING Title: Spectrum Requirements & TECHNOLOGY. for the Internet of Things (ET Docket No. 21-353).","document_number":"2021-21258","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/30/2021-21258/open-commission-meeting-thursday-september-30-2021","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-09-30/pdf/2021-21258.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-21258.pdf?1632919534","publication_date":"2021-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"to the Executive Branch prior to or at the same time they file their applications with the Commission, thus expediting the Executive Branch's review for national security and law enforcement concerns.\n \n \n \n 9 \n WIRELINE COMPETITION \n \n Title: \n Protecting Consumers from <span class=\"match\">SIM Swap</span> and Port-Out Fraud (WC Docket No. 21-341).\n \n \n \n   \n \n \n Summary: \n The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address SIM-swapping and port-out fraud.\n \n \n \n \n \n The meeting will be webcast with open captioning at: \n www.fcc.gov/live. \n Open captioning"},{"title":"Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence; Lifeline and Link Up Reform Modernization","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order implementing the Safe Connections Act of 2022 (Safe Connections Act or SCA), taking significant steps to improve access to communications services for survivors of domestic abuse and related crimes. The Report and Order adopts rules to implement the line separation provisions in the Safe Connections Act that allow survivors to separate a mobile phone line from an abuser. To protect the privacy of calls and texts to hotlines, the Report and Order requires covered providers and wireline, fixed wireless, and fixed satellite providers of voice service to: omit from consumer-facing logs of calls and text messages any records of calls or text messages to covered hotlines in the central database established by the Commission; and maintain internal records of calls and text messages excluded from consumer- facing logs of calls and text messages. The Report and Order also designates the Lifeline program to support emergency communications service for survivors that have pursued the line separation process and are experiencing financial hardship.","document_number":"2023-25835","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/05/2023-25835/supporting-survivors-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence-lifeline-and-link-up-reform-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-05/pdf/2023-25835.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25835.pdf?1701697517","publication_date":"2023-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"requests coming from primary account holders and designated users must comply with any other Commission rules that apply to authentication of such individuals, including those related to access to CPNI and the Commission's rules adopted to address Subscriber Identity Module (<span class=\"match\">SIM) swap</span> and port-out fraud. When the survivor is not the primary account holder or a designated user, we require covered providers to attempt to authenticate their identity using methods that are reasonably designed to confirm the survivor, or a person in the care of the survivor"}]}