Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 21 - CUSTOMER PROPRIETARY NETWORK INFORMATION › Section R14-2-2102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply
				  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Affiliate" means a person that (directly or indirectly)
				  owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or
				  control with, another person. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "own"
				  means to own an equity interest (or the equivalent thereof) of more than 10
				  percent.
2. "Communications-related services" means telecommunications
				  services, information services typically provided by telecommunications
				  carriers, and services related to the provision or maintenance of customer
				  premises equipment.
3. A "Customer" of a telecommunications carrier is a person
				  or entity to which the telecommunications carrier is currently providing
				  service.
4. "Customer premise equipment" means equipment employed on
				  the premises of a person (other than a telecommunications carrier) to
				  originate, route, or terminate telecommunications.
5. "Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)" means
				  information that relates to the quantity, technical configuration, type,
				  destination, location, and amount of use of a telecommunications service
				  subscribed to by any customer of a telecommunications carrier, and that is made
				  available to the carrier by the customer solely by virtue of the
				  carrier-customer relationship; and information contained in the bills
				  pertaining to telephone exchange service or telephone toll service received by
				  a customer of a carrier; except that such term does not include subscriber list
				  information. See
				  47 U.S.C.
				  222(h)(1) revised 1999 (and
				  no future amendments), incorporated by reference and copies available from the
				  Commission Office, Legal Division, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
				  and the United States Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371975M, Pittsburgh,
				  Pennsylvania 15250-7975.
6. "Non-listed Service" means a service that ensures that
				  customers' telephone numbers are not published in the telephone directory but
				  are available through directory assistance.
7. "Non-published Service" means a service that ensures that
				  customers' telephone numbers are not published in the telephone directory and
				  are not otherwise available through directory assistance.
8. "Opt-In approval" means a method for obtaining customer
				  consent to use, disclose, or permit access to the customer's CPNI that requires
				  that the telecommunications carrier obtain from the customer affirmative,
				  express consent allowing the requested CPNI usage, disclosure, or access after
				  the customer is provided notification of the carrier's request in conformance
				  with Section
				  R14-2-2105.
9. "Opt-Out approval" means a method for obtaining customer
				  consent to use, disclose, or permit access to the customer's CPNI where a
				  customer is deemed to have consented to the use, disclosure, or access to the
				  customer's CPNI if the customer has failed to affirmatively object to approval
				  within the 30-day waiting period provided in
				  R14-2-2103(C)
				  after the customer is provided the notice as required in
				  R14-2-2106,
				  subject to the requirements of Section
				  R14-2-2108.
10. "Published" means authorized for voluntary disclosure by
				  the individual identified in the listing.
11. "Subscriber list information" means any information
				  identifying the listed names of subscribers of a telecommunications carrier and
				  such subscribers' telephone numbers, addresses, or primary advertising
				  classifications (as such classifications are assigned at the time of the
				  establishment of such service), or any combination of such listed names,
				  numbers, addresses, or classifications; and that the carrier or an affiliate
				  has published, caused to be published, or accepted for publication in any
				  directory format. See
				  47 U.S.C.
				  222(e)(1) revised 1999 (and
				  no future amendments), incorporated by reference and copies available from the
				  Commission Office, Legal Division, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
				  and the United States Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371975M, Pittsburgh,
				  Pennsylvania 15250-7975.
12. "Telecommunications carrier" means a public service
				  corporation, as defined in the Arizona Constitution, Article 15, § 2,
				  which provides telecommunications services within the state of Arizona and over
				  which the Commission has jurisdiction.
13. "Third Party" means a person who is not the customer, the
				  customer's telecommunications service provider, an affiliate, joint venture
				  partner, or independent contractor of the customer's telecommunications service
				  provider.