US FCC says challenge to data-breach notification rules does not warrant rehearing
( July 2, 2026, 17:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Communications Commission opposed a request for an appellate rehearing on a challenge to the agency’s updated data-breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, saying courts of appeals are not in conflict over the questions raised. “There is no dispute as to whether the FCC may adopt breach notification rules; the disagreement is simply as to which particular classification of customer data the rules may cover. Similarly, the quarrel over the disapproval bar of the Congressional Review Act is a matter of degree, not of kind,” the FCC argued. See attached file....
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