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…
There is no full-proof method to stop unwanted robocalls, and real solutions require that the Federal Communications Commission use the laws effectively to regulate robocallers and require phone companies to authenticate all calls. Yet, the following tips can help consumers take some control. 1. File complaints with the Federal Communications Commission: Complaint data is the best tool…
Read More about Seven Top Tips for Consumers to Stop Illegal Robocalls
Americans were subjected to 5.2 billion robocalls last month–an increase by a phenomenal 370% just since December 2015.1 This explosion of robocalls invades our privacy, distracts us, disrupts our lives, costs us money, and undermines the utility of the American telephony system. The explosion of robocalls is not just a problem of calls that are…
