A new Federal Communications Commission settlement with T-Mobile who has suffered multiple data breaches requires the major carrier to upgrade its business practices. 

The full implications of the recent case are outlined in the commission's statement that accompanied the settlement, where the FCC indicated that the extensive cybersecurity measures T-Mobile agreed to will "serve as a model for the mobile telecommunications industry." 

In April of this year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) to establish comprehensive national standards national framework for data privacy in the United States. APRA aims to unify data privacy standards across the country.