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Reg. 6,827  \nMarch 9, 2022  \nThe Federal Communications Commission (Commission, or FCC) issued a request for comments in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) relating to empowering broadband consumers through transparency.1 The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) files these comments in response to the Commission’s proposed templated labels, designed to help consumers make well-informed decisions about which broadband service provider they choose to use.2  \nEPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and related human rights issues, and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in consumer privacy cases and participates in rulemakings and policy discussions around broadband privacy. EPIC advocates for rules that protect consumers from exploitative data practices.3  \n1 See Federal Communications Commission, Re: Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 22-2, 87 Fed. Reg. 6,827 (Jan. 27, 2022), [https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-7A1.pdf](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-7A1.pdf) [hereinafter NPRM].  \n2 See Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Consumer Labels, [https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels](https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels) (last visited Mar. 9, 2022).  \n3 See, e.g., Br. of Amicus Curiae EPIC in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants Urging Reversal, In Re: Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation, 956 F.3d 589 (2020) (No. 17-17486), [https://epic.org/documents/in-re-facebook](https://epic.org/documents/in-re-facebook)inc-internet-tracking-litigation/; Br. of Amicus Curiae EPIC in Support of Appellant, In Re: Google Inc.  \nEPIC appreciates the Commission’s effort to improve transparency for consumers of broadband services but urges the FCC to require broadband providers to provide clear and comprehensible disclosures that will actually inform customers about their data practices.4 Lengthy and complex privacy policies are not an effective way to inform consumers about data collection practices.5 The Commission must demand better from providers.  \nThe purpose of the broadband “nutrition label” template should be to ensure that consumers are given information about a provider’s data collection, data disclosure to third parties, and data  \nCookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation (2017) (No. 17-1480), [https://epic.org/documents/in-re](https://epic.org/documents/in-re)google-cookie-placement-settlement/ ; Br. of Amicus Curiae EPIC in Support of Neither Party Urging Reversal, LinkedIn Corp. v. hiQ Labs, Inc. (2017) (No. 17-16783), [https://epic.org/documents/linkedin-corp](https://epic.org/documents/linkedin-corp)v-hiq-labs-inc/; Comments of EPIC to the FCC, Bridging the Digital Divide, 47 CFR 54 (Jan. 27, 2020), [https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/apa/comments/EPIC_FCC_Lifeline_Jan2020.pdf](https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/apa/comments/EPIC_FCC_Lifeline_Jan2020.pdf); Comment of EPIC, WC Docket No. 16-306, Re: Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other  \nTelecommunications Services (May 27, 2016), [https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/apa/comments/EPIC](https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/apa/comments/EPIC)FCC-Privacy-NPRM-2016.pdf; EPIC Statement to U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Data Ownership: Exploring Implications for Data Privacy Rights and Data Valuation, Oct. 23, 2019, [https://epic.org/documents/data-ownership-exploring-implications-for-data-privacy-rights-and-data](https://epic.org/documents/data-ownership-exploring-implications-for-data-privacy-rights-and-data)valuation/; EPIC Sta","cbCaivQIEO7Ou2Fl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivQIEO7Ou2Fl","pdf",678987,"English","# Overview\n## EPIC’s role and mission\n# Key arguments\n## Need for clearer, comprehensible disclosures\n## Limitations of long privacy policies\n# Purpose of the “nutrition label” template","[{\"question\":\"What is the document’s purpose regarding broadband consumers?\",\"answer\":\"The document submits EPIC comments to the FCC in response to a proposed rulemaking focused on empowering broadband consumers through transparency and provider disclosures.\"},{\"question\":\"What does EPIC ask the FCC to require from broadband providers?\",\"answer\":\"EPIC urges the FCC to require clear and comprehensible disclosures that genuinely inform customers about providers’ data practices, rather than relying on lengthy and complex policies.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the intended purpose of the broadband “nutrition label” template?\",\"answer\":\"EPIC frames the template as a way to ensure consumers receive information about a provider’s data collection and data disclosure to third parties.\"}]","EPIC Broadband Nutrition Labels - Comments of the Electronic Privacy Information Center to the Federal Communications Commission | PDF",1789142426,6]