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The National Broadband Plan will be published on March 17, 2010.

CONSUMER BROADBAND TEST (Beta), AND DEAD ZONE REPORT Privacy Statement

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) is soliciting this
information under authority of the Broadband Data Improvement Act of 2008, Pub.
L. No. 110-385, Stat 4096 § 103(c)(1); American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of
2009 (ARRA), Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat 115 (2009); and Section 154(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as part of its responsibilities that
relate to the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) in the
Commission’s “Public Registry of Broadband Availability Consumer Information”
survey and “Broadband Quality Test.” As part of this collection, the FCC will
collect street addresses and IP addresses.

The Commission’s survey will help determine the access of US residents to
broadband—cable and DSL, fiber, and other broadband services. The test will
provide individuals with a mechanism to measure the quality of their internet
broadband connection. The FCC will not make individual street addresses or IP
addresses public, but aggregated and/or anonymized (not disclosing individual
location information of users) data from the database may be made public. The
data may also be used to inform the progress of the National Broadband Plan, the
National Broadband Map, and other proceedings related to the provisioning of
broadband services.

The PII and other data that are contained in Commission’s “Public Registry of
Broadband Availability Consumer Information,” known as the Dead Zone Report and
“Broadband Quality Test,” known as the Consumer Broadband Test, will be stored
in the Commission’s information system that is covered by the FCC system of
records notice (SORN), FCC/OMD-27, “FCC/OMD-27, “Broadband Unavailability Survey
and Broadband Quality Test.” The information about individuals covered by this
system of records notice may routinely be disclosed under the following
conditions for:

Where there is an indication of a violation or potential violation of a
statute, regulation, rule, or order, records from this system may be referred
to the appropriate Federal, state, or local agency responsible for
investigating or prosecuting a violation or for implementing or enforcing the
statute, rule, regulation, or order.

A record on an individual in this system of records may be disclosed,
where pertinent, in any legal proceeding to which the Commission is a party
before a court or administrative body.

A record from this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of
Justice or in a proceeding before a court or adjudicative body when:

the United States, the Commission, a component of the Commission, or,
when represented by the government, an employee of the Commission is a party
to litigation or anticipated litigation or has an interest in such
litigation, and

The Commission determines that the disclosure is relevant or necessary
to the litigation.

A record on an individual in this system of records may be disclosed to a
Congressional office in response to an inquiry the individual has made to the
Congressional office.

A record from this system of records may be disclosed to GSA and NARA for
the purpose of records management inspections conducted under authority of 44
U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall not be used to make a
determination about individuals.

A record from this system may be disclosed to appropriate agencies,
entities, and persons when (1) the Commission suspects or has confirmed that
the security or confidentiality of information in the system of records has
been compromised; (2) the Commission has determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or
property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or other systems or programs (whether maintained by
the Commission or another agency or entity) that rely upon the compromised
information; and (3) the disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and
persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Commission’s
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent,
minimize, or remedy such harm.

The information collected through the voluntary Registry and speed tests,
with the exception of any personally identifiable information, may be shared
with public-private partnerships and with the Telecommunications Program of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Agency.
This sharing regime is described in the Commission’s Broadband Data Order of
2008 (FCC 08-89)

In each of these cases, the FCC will determine whether disclosure of the
records is compatible with the purpose(s) for which the records were
collected.

[This Privacy Statement is pending the completion of the requirements
of 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).]

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Capture The Phone Numbers Using Your Camera Phone

If you have a camera and a 2D matrix code reader on your mobile phone, you
can capture the FCC Phone numbers right to your phone by following these three
easy steps:
Step 1: Take a photograph of one of the codes below using the
camera on your mobile phone.
Step 2: Use your phone's Datamatrix or QR Code
reader to decode the information on the photograph. Please note, these code
readers are device specific and are available to download on the
internet.
Step 3: Store the decoded address information to your phone's
address book and use it with your Maps or GPS application.