FCC Must Protect Innovation, Privacy in e911 Rulemaking

FCC MUST PROTECT INNOVATION, PRIVACY IN E911 RULEMAKING
[SOURCE: Center for Democracy & Technology]
CDT, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Sun Microsystems this week urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be cautious in considering an "automatic" location requirement for VoIP providers for use during e911 emergency calls. In comments filed today with the FCC, the groups noted that while the e911 system is a vital part of our public safety net, VoIP services are unable to provide "automatic" location information (without user input), and a requirement that they do so would harm innovation and competition. The comments also cautioned that some proposed solutions to address the VoIP location requirement would destroy users' privacy.
e911 Comments: http://www.cdt.org/privacy/20070822e911-comments.pdf