The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) restricts many types of calls to residential and wireless telephone numbers if they are made without the prior express consent of the called party or a statutory exemption...more
After a long wait, the California Attorney General’s (AG) office held a news conference on October 10, 2019, and published proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Companies gearing up for...more
10/17/2019
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Comment Period ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process
By directing voice service providers to deal with “unwanted calls” as part of its anti-robocall policies, the FCC seems to have moved well beyond addressing “illegal and spoofed robocalls.” The text of the FCC’s new “Call...more
6/12/2019
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Call Blocking ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Robocalling ,
Safe Harbors ,
Spoofing ,
Telecommunications ,
Telephone Service Providers
Voice service providers soon may dictate which calls will reach you. The FCC honed in on “unwanted calls” when it voted at its Open Meeting yesterday to adopt a Declaratory Ruling and Third Further Proposed Rulemaking (the...more
6/7/2019
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Call Blocking ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
FCC ,
Opt-Outs ,
Robocalling ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Spoofing ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telephone Service Providers
Businesses may dial large volumes of numbers daily for a variety of legitimate purposes. These calls now appear to have become swept up and conflated with illegal robocalls, with a number of undesirable consequences....more
5/20/2019
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Call Blocking ,
Caller ID Services ,
FCC ,
Opt-Outs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reassigned Phone Numbers ,
Robocalling ,
Safe Harbors ,
Spoofing ,
Telemarketing ,
Telephone Service Providers ,
Third-Party Service Provider