Message-ID: <20210720203348.4D4ED7FF@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:33:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Monthly TCPA Digest - July 2021
by Russell H. Fox (Boston) , Joshua Briones (Boston), Jonathan
P. Garvin (Washington, DC) and Natalie A. Prescott (Boston)
We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing
insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
(TCPA). In our Regulatory Update, we look at whether ringless
voicemail ("RVM") technology constitutes a "call" under current TCPA
and FCC rules following the latest petition filed by Perdue for
Senate, Inc. earlier this month. We also cover the status of the FCC's
Robocall Mitigation Database now that the FCC has, as of July 1, 2021,
implemented the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication standards that it
announced in a March 2020 Report and Order. In addition, we report on
the strong support shown for the USTelecom Industry Traceback Group
after ZipDX submitted a letter of intent to be designated as the
registered traceback consortium. Finally, we continue our discussion
on the FCC's online portal for submitting information on suspected
robocalling and spoofing campaigns. In addition to adopting rules for
the newly established reporting system, the Consumer and Government
Affairs Bureau (CGB) issued its Second Robocall Blocking Report,
noting improvements in quality and quantity of call blocking and
labelling services.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1092482/monthly-tcpa-digest--july-2021?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210720210010.34BA07FF@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:00:10 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: TCPA Regulatory Update FCC Adopts Rules For Private Entity
Robocall Reporting And Releases Second Call Blocking Report
by Russell H. Fox (Boston) and Jonathan P. Garvin (Washington, DC)
The FCC adopted rules establishing a new reporting system for private
entities to alert the FCC Enforcement Bureau directly of suspected
robocalling and spoofing campaigns. As we reported in June, the new
online portal was established pursuant to a directive in the TRACED
Act to streamline the ways in which a private entity may share
information related to unlawful robocalls and caller ID spoofing. The
Enforcement Bureau may use the information submitted to the portal to
open investigations or work with partners like the Traceback
Consortium to stop robocalling campaigns quickly.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/technology/1092564/tcpa-regulatory-update-fcc-adopts-rules-for-private-entity-robocall-reporting-and-releases-second-call-blocking-report?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210720195242.AB3977FF@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:52:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Florida's New Mini-TCPA: What You Need To Know
Florida's Mini-TCPA is a direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court's
recent decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid et al., 141 S. Ct. 193
(2020), issued on April 1, 2021, in which the Court unanimously held
that the TCPA covers only random-fired calls and texts to cell phones
from an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS). Facebook overturned
a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling in which the
appellate court broadly defined the type of ATDS covered under the
TCPA. (See Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Supreme Court's
Facebook Decision Impacts TCPA Litigation," April 1, 2021.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protection-act/1091814/florida39s-new-mini-tcpa-what-you-need-to-know?email_access=on
