AT&T Says FCC Waiver for Jewish Community Centers Should Be Made Permanent
AT&T urged the FCC to make permanent a waiver it gave Jewish community centers and carriers serving them so law enforcement authorities can trace threatening calls. The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau provided an emergency temporary waiver March 3 of…
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a rule "prohibiting terminating carriers from passing the calling party number (CPN) to the called party where a privacy request has been made by the caller," and it sought comment on making it permanent (see 1703030062). "Permanent waiver of Rule 64.1601(b) prohibiting the overriding of the caller ID privacy indicator is clearly necessary to protect the JCCs in light of the recent threats" described by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., "and is fully justified by the Commission’s rules and precedent," said AT&T comments posted Monday in docket 91-281. The telco said bureau conditions on the emergency waiver "protect any legitimate" caller privacy expectations "by preventing the disclosure of CPN information to unauthorized personnel." TDR Technology Solutions commented that recent threats to JCCs highlighted a continuing issue, and said it would prefer the FCC include all religious organizations and all schools. Because it can ensure privacy safeguards are met on only systems it manages, TDR asked that all New York State school districts be included in the waiver.