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…
A letter to the FCC describing a meeting between national consumer groups and the FCC on consent requirements for telemarketing calls, pointing out that 28 state Attorneys General support our position, as does USTelecom-The Broadband Association.
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This ex parte notice relates to a December 14th meeting between Zak Champ, Aaron Garza, Mika Savir, Mark Stone, and Edyael Casaperalta, all staff members of the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, and Margot Saunders and Carolyn Carter of the National Consumer Law Center, and Chris Frascella of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. During…
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.
A December 14, 2022 PowerPoint presentation before the FCC, presented by Margot Saunders and Carolyn Carter at the National Consumer Law Center and Chris Frascella at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), covers the following: DNC rules apply to text messages (we are not talking about 227(b) rules) TCPA’s requirements for prior express invitation or…
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Comments filed on behalf of low-income clients and a coalition of consumer and privacy organizations opposing in all respects the Petition filed by DentalPlans.com.
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…
Americans were subjected to 5.2 billion robocalls last month–an increase by a remarkable 370% just since December 2015.2 This explosion of robocalls invades our privacy, distracts us, disrupts our lives, costs us money, and undermines the utility of the American telephony system. These problem robocalls are not just overt scams, such as calls made by…
This ex parte Notice is submitted to describe a meeting between Federal Communications Commission staff and consumer and privacy advocates on September 30, 2022.
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