§  1.7005   Disclosure of data in the Fabric and Digital Opportunity Data
Collection filings.

   (a) The Commission shall protect the security, privacy, and
   confidentiality of non-public or competitively sensitive information
   submitted by entities or individuals, including information contained
   in the Fabric, the dataset supporting the Fabric, and availability data
   submitted pursuant to § 1.7004, by:

   (1) Withholding from public inspection all data required to be kept
   confidential pursuant to § 0.457 of this chapter and all personally
   identifiable information submitted in connection with the information
   contained in the Fabric, the dataset supporting the Fabric, and
   availability data submitted pursuant to § 1.7004; and

   (2) Subject to contractual or license restrictions, making public all
   other information received about the status of broadband internet
   access service availability at specific locations, including geographic
   coordinates and street addresses, whether a provider has reported
   availability at a location, and whether an entity or individual has
   disputed a report of broadband internet access service availability at
   such location.

   (b) Providers may request that provider-specific subscription
   information in Digital Opportunity Data Act filings be treated as
   confidential and be withheld from public inspection by so indicating on
   the filing at the time that they submit such data.

   (c) Providers seeking confidential treatment of any other data
   contained in their Digital Opportunity Data Collection filings must
   submit a request that the data be treated as confidential with the
   submission of their filing, along with their reasons for withholding
   the information from the public, pursuant to § 0.459 of this chapter.

   (d) The Commission shall make all decisions regarding non-disclosure of
   provider-specific information.

   (e) The Commission shall release the following information in Digital
   Opportunity Data Collection filings to the public, and providers may
   not request confidential treatment of such information:

   (1) Provider-specific mobile deployment data;

   (2) Data regarding minimum advertised or expected speed for mobile
   broadband internet access services; and

   (3) Location information that is necessary to permit accurate broadband
   mapping, including as part of the crowdsourcing or challenge processes.

   [ 85 FR 50907 , Aug. 18, 2020]