FCC Approves Wireless National Emergency Address Database Privacy and Security Plan

The FCC approved the National Emergency Address Database Privacy and Security Plan, on circulation for a vote (see 1710260036). The main components: “(1) the NEAD, a database of verified wireless access point street address information ... and (2) the National Emergency Address Manager (NEAM),” the order said. “When a caller dials 911 from his or her wireless handset equipped with Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth radios, the participating wireless carrier network will automatically collect information from the wireless handset about wireless access points within the vicinity of the wireless handset.” AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon submitted the plan Feb. 3. It's "consistent with the requirements outlined in the Indoor Location Fourth Report and Order and addresses the need to protect the privacy, security, and resiliency of the NEAD,” the agency said.