PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 12-928
Released: June 13, 2012
PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION STORED ON 
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES 
Comment Deadlines Established
CC Docket No. 96-115
COMMENTS DUE:  July 13, 2012
REPLY COMMENTS DUE:  July 30, 2012
On May 25, 2012, the Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and 
Office of General Counsel jointly released a public notice soliciting comments regarding the privacy and 
data-security practices of mobile wireless service providers with respect to customer information stored 
on their users’ mobile communications devices, and the application of existing privacy and security 
requirements to that information.1 The Federal Register published a summary of that public notice on 
June 13, 2012.2 Accordingly, and as provided in that summary, comments are due on Friday, July 13, 
2012, and reply comments are due on Monday, July 30, 2012.  The public notice and the Federal Register 
summary provide instructions for filing comments and reply comments.
For further information, contact Douglas Klein of the Office of General Counsel at (202) 418-
1720 or Douglas.Klein@fcc.gov.  
  
1 Comments Sought on Privacy and Security of Information Stored on Mobile Communications Devices, CC Docket 
No. 96-115, Public Notice, DA 12-818 (rel. May 25, 2012), available at
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-818A1.pdf, 
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-818A1.doc, or 
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-818A1.txt. 
2 See Privacy and Security of Information Stored on Mobile Communications Devices, 77 Fed. Reg. 35,336 (June 
13, 2012), available at http://federalregister.gov/a/2012-14496.