Reply comments from nine national consumer and privacy groups in response to the docket initiated solely by Chairman Carr entitled “Delete, Delete, Delete.” We urge the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) to prioritize protecting consumers from widescale fraud and invasion of privacy facilitated through unwanted and illegal calls and text messages placed through the…
NCLC–along with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), and The Utility Reform Network (TURN)–filed an amicus brief in the First Circuit supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rule on incarcerated people’s communications services. The rule implements the Martha Wright Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act by setting permanent call rates and…
NCLC submitted testimony to the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee in support of HB25-1026, “Repeal Copayment for Department of Corrections Inmate Health Care.” People incarcerated in jails and prisons throughout the United States are routinely charged fees and costs for medical care that are inconsistent with their lack of financial means. When people can’t afford to…
This letter, signed by 127 health, business, labor, environmental, consumer, and science organizations, advocates for protecting automobile clean air standards. This letter to members of Congress also advocates against improperly using the Congressional Review Act to prevent states from implementing the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII), Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT), and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) programs…
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A new form of fintech payday loan offered through cash advance apps uses “tips” as a form of disguised interest. These apps claim that tips are voluntary, but they use dark patterns, actual or implied repercussions for not tipping, manipulative interfaces, behavioral and psychological tricks, and other techniques to make tips almost as certain as…
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The housing crisis for low- and moderate-income renters continues. The new Administration’s actions, such as potential cuts to staff and programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will likely exacerbate it. These developments add to the existing challenges of a severe shortage of affordable, decent housing; spiking rent increases; and abuses by corporate…
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