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Thursday, June 22, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 173
28 Attorneys General Ask For Major TCPA Consent Changes
FCC Proposes Rules To Further Tighten, Codify Various TCPA Consent Requirements
Washington Alleges Bellevue's T-Mobile Is Uncooperative in Data Security Probe
Message-ID: <20230621222520.GA63508@telecomdigest.us> 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
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
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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