---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <300f2a83-2ab6-fbe0-81a2-211308dc32df@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:32:01 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Senate Commerce Republicans Introduce Comprehensive Privacy Bill On September 17, 2020, Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, along with Senators John Thune (SD), Deb Fischer (NE) and Marsha Blackburn (TN) introduced the Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/BD190421-F67C-4E37-A25E-5D522B1053C7 ("the Bill"). The Bill marks an official introduction of an update of Senator Wicker's draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act of 2019, which was circulated last November. https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2019/12/03/senator-wicker-circulates-draft-privacy-bill/nc7/ https://www.natlawreview.com/article/senate-commerce-republicans-introduce-comprehensive-privacy-bill ------------------------------ Message-ID: <f689b1a1-df05-43bf-cf0a-8913463b60c9@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 12:54:53 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Facebook and the United States Submit Briefs in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid The Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid has been in the forefront of the TCPA world since July when news of the decision hit. With this granting of certiorari comes the promise to resolve the growing circuit split over the interpretation of the definition of an ATDS. Now, Facebook and the United States Government have filed briefs, bringing the case one, albeit small, step closer to resolution. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/facebook-and-united-states-submit-briefs-facebook-inc-v-duguid -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <9f641417-ec29-e1ca-ea4d-d95a32b64203@billhorne.com> Date: 25 Sep 2020 12:48:33 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Texas District Courts Remain Divided on Standing for Single-Text TCPA Plaintiffs In a pair of recent opinions, two U.S. district courts in different parts of Texas expressed inconsistent views on a topic we have been following closely: whether plaintiffs who receive just a single unwanted text message can establish a concrete injury for Article III standing. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/texas-district-courts-remain-divided-standing-single-text-tcpa-plaintiffs -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 27 Sep 2020