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Date: 21 Jun 2023 18:25:20 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: 28 Attorneys General Ask For Major TCPA Consent Changes
by David O. Klein
On March 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")
issued a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
("FNPR") addressing a variety of issues under the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act ("TCPA"). As our readership is aware, the TCPA is a
federal statute designed to protect consumer privacy by restricting
certain types of telemarketing communications. The FCC regularly
issues rulemakings on issues that they deem pressing. Regarding the
issue of TCPA consent, in the FNPR, the FCC proposed "ban[ning] the
practice of obtaining a single consumer consent as grounds for
delivering calls and text messages from multiple marketers on subjects
beyond the scope of the original consent" – a practice the FCC
characterizes as a "loophole." On June 6, 2023, a contingent of 28
attorneys general ("AGs") submitted Reply Comments ("Comments") in
response to the FNPR. Almost the entirety of the 22-page AG submission
addresses the propriety of obtaining consumer TCPA consent for
telemarketing by multiple marketers on one webpage via hyperlinked
marketing partner lists. In the past, attorneys general from various
states have voiced their concerns regarding the industry's use of such
hyperlinked marketing partner lists. Telemarketing companies engaged
in this practice should take heed: the focus of the Comments clearly
indicates that singular consumer consent remains one of the AGs' top
priorities when it comes to TCPA compliance.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1331352?q=1803232&n=824&tp=6&tlk=5&lk=41
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| Message-ID: <20230621223057.GA63599@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 21 Jun 2023 18:30:57 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: FCC Proposes Rules To Further Tighten, Codify Various TCPA
Consent Requirements
by Stephen T. Sharbaugh and Martin L. Stern
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to
further tighten and to codify in its rules various Commission
declaratory rulings on TCPA consent requirements that are applicable
to autodialed calls and texts, and pre-recorded/artificial voice calls
to wireless numbers, and certain pre-recorded/artificial voice calls
to residential numbers. The proposed rule changes would also make it
easier for consumers to revoke consent under the TCPA.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1330268?q=1803232&n=824&tp=6&tlk=11&lk=47
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| Message-ID: <20230621224718.GA63907@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 21 Jun 2023 18:47:18 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Washington Alleges Bellevue's T-Mobile Is Uncooperative in
Data Security Probe
Washington Alleges Bellevue's T-Mobile Is Uncooperative in Data Security Probe
Camilo Fonseca / The Seattle Times (TNS)
T-Mobile is not fully cooperating with an investigation into its data
security practices, the Washington state Attorney General's Office
alleged in a recent lawsuit.
The Bellevue-based wireless carrier "failed to respond to numerous
requests" for documents relating to a massive data breach in August
2021, according to the petition filed in King County Superior Court
last Thursday.
https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-alleges-bellevues-t-mobile-is-uncooperative-in-data-security-probe,321169
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