In an op-ed appearing in Morning Consult on January 25, 2021, Margot Saunders discusses Facebook v. Duguid and how the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in this case will will affect nearly every person living in the United States, as it will determine whether unwanted automated texts and robocalls are covered by the protections of the…
These Reply Comments, filed by the National Consumer Law Center on behalf of its low-income clients, supplement the Comments filed on February 10, 2023, in this docket. Sections IV(A) and (B) of our primary comments explain our position that DentalPlans.com (DentalPlans) has not shown that consumers provided prior express written consent as required for prerecorded…
Margot Saunders testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for consumers.
Margot Saunders testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on the importance of maintaining the integrity of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for consumers.
The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), along with sixteen other national and state consumer and privacy groups representing a broad swath of individual telephone subscribers across the United States, urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to stand firm against requests to force cell phone carriers to allow unwanted…
Read More about Reply Comments to the FCC Regarding Unwanted and Illegal Text Messages
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made “crystal clear” that ringless voicemail is subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and to the same rules prohibiting callers from making calls to cellphones without consumers first providing consent. In a Declaratory Ruling, the FCC highlighted comments submitted by NCLC, writing, “We thus agree with…
Unwanted robocalls invade the privacy of Americans, diminish the usefulness of cell phones, and can threaten public safety. Yet Facebook wants the U.S. Supreme Court, in Facebook v Duguid, to so narrowly define prohibitions on calls made to cell phones with an automated telephone dialing system (autodialer) that it would nullify Congress’ efforts to protect…
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