Emergency Data Mandates Without Privacy Review

This provision allows the NCA to amend telecommunications licenses without any notice when citing "national security," "public safety," or "public interest"—undefined terms that could justify imposing new data collection, retention, or surveillance obligations on operators. Given the bill's extensive data protection requirements in 33, emergency amendments could mandate biometric data processing, subscriber monitoring, or government data sharing without the 90-day notice period and opportunity to present views normally required under 14. This eliminates the window for privacy impact assessment or consideration of less intrusive alternatives, enabling surveillance infrastructure deployment that affects millions of subscribers without procedural safeguards.