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US Supreme Court to consider when FCC can fine companies for privacy violations

By Madeline Hughes ( January 12, 2026, 23:20 GMT | Comment) -- The US Supreme Court is taking up a pair of cases brought by wireless carriers on the question of whether the Federal Communications Commission can fine companies for privacy violations through its administrative process. The cases, which have been consolidated for briefing and argument, mark the third time since 2021 that the justices will hear a challenge to agencies’ regulatory authority to impose fines or use administrative processes, the outcome of which could impact federal privacy regulation as the US doesn't have a comprehensive federal privacy law.The US Supreme Court has agreed to review whether federal regulators can use their own administrative processes to fine companies for privacy violations....

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