The Communications Act has several provisions that address customer privacy, access for individuals with disabilities, and nondiscrimination. Customer Privacy – Section 222 requires telecommunications carriers to provide confidentiality for customer information as proprietary information of another common carrier.
Communications regulations are found in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations by the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the United States Department of Commerce, and in state regulatory codes by the Public Utilities Commission of each state.
In the United States, the primary sources of communications law are the federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended by subsequent legislation including the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, the Cable Communications Act of 1984, the Satellite Home Viewer Act, the Cable Television Consumer Protection
Under the Communications Act of 1934, the FCC was given power to regulate and control "radio communications." Such communications were held to include the