Stronger Rules Will Stop Criminal Robocallers from Accessing Americans’ Wallets, Says NCLC Senior Attorney in Senate Testimony
To Date, FCC Efforts Have Failed to Achieve a Meaningful Reduction in Unwanted and Illegal Calls and Texts
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Consumer Reports: Car Insurance Quote Comparison Websites Save You Time, But Watch for Privacy Pitfalls
Appearing in Consumer Reports on Aug. 17, 2023, Kaveh Waddell talks to Margot Saunders about how some comparison websites sell your personal data to agents and marketers who can target you with calls, emails, and texts. “We think consumers would be really really happy if they didn’t have to sign up for robocalls in order…
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Digital Library: Strict New Limits on Prerecorded Debt Collection Calls Effective July 20
Effective July 20, 2023, the FCC has placed strict new limits on the number of prerecorded collection calls that a debt collector can send to a consumer’s landline. Importantly, consumers have powerful remedies for violations (statutory damages of $500 to $1500 per call), because the new FCC rule is promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Protection…
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USA Today: 'Stop scam calls:' What the federal government is doing to halt illegal robocalls
Originally appearing in USA Today on July 19, 2023, Terry Collins discusses Operation Stop Scam Calls, a new campaign intended to make it harder for fraudsters accused of scamming millions of Americans in robocall and telemarketing schemes to contact everyday Americans. The article references NCLC and the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) report, Scam Robocalls:…
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FCC Must Enforce Existing Regulations to Stop the Sale and Transfer of “Consent,” a Driving Force in the Robocall Epidemic
Groups urge FCC to issue guidance to confirm that the only valid consent agreements for telemarketing calls to lines listed on the Do-Not-Call Registry are those entered into directly with the seller.
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Consumers' Checkbook: Margot Saunders Discusses a New FCC Rule that Requires Phone Companies to Block Some Robotexts
Airing on May 11, 2023, Herb Weisbaum invites Margot Saunders to discuss new Federal Communication Commission rules and what more can be done to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal robocalls and texts. “The FCC needs to identify a way of regulating those texts and limiting the texts that contain those links that have not…
