It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week, when Americans are urged to determine their personal hurricane risk and plan for hurricane season, which begins on June 1. While disaster planning is a year-round activity for the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, we conduct targeted outreach each May to the communications industry to discuss both their hurricane and […]
Find consumer tips for avoiding robocalls and information about FCC rules on robocalls and texts, call spoofing, political calls and texts, and the National Do Not Call Registry. Call blocking is a tool used by phone companies to stop illegal and unwanted calls from reaching your phone. Â A recent FCC report found that by partnering […]
The high resale value of smartphones – along with the personal information contained on such devices – make them a prime target for criminals and identity thieves. You can protect yourself, your device and the data it contains by following the guidelines below if your device is lost or stolen. Safeguard against smart device theft […]
