On June 3, 14 State Attorneys General and the Attorney General of the District of Columbia published a letter to the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") requesting that the FCC include a privacy certification requirement in prospective rules opening the pay-TV set-top box market to third-party developers. The request seeks to require third-party manufacturers of set-top boxes to publish consumer-facing statements of compliance with privacy obligations that already apply to satellite and cable providers.

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