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January Compliance and Deliverability News Grab Bag

Once again, there are  a number of notable stories from the past month relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance, Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) compliance, and call deliverability that are worth gathering in one blog post.

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Healthcare Calls Face Deliverability Challenges

Calling and messaging is an essential facet of modern healthcare. But even the most compliant healthcare callers are facing a new challenge that seriously impedes their ability to communicate with patients: the risk of calls being marked as spam or not being received due to the new regime of call blocking and labeling policies, apps, and regulations.
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Call Deliverability News Grab Bag

Call deliverability is becoming the most important frontier in regulatory battles for callers. Thanks to a confluence of factors, regulatory regimes have focused increasing attention on shutting off illegal robocall traffic before it can reach consumers, even if that comes at the expense of legitimate callers. Here are some recent news stories relating to this ongoing challenge.
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State and Federal Enforcement Actions Present Unique Challenges for Marketers

On August 2, the attorneys general from all 50 states announced the creation of an Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. The purpose of this task force is "to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States." This represents an escalation in the ongoing trend of state and federal regulators—often working together—directly enforcing telemarketing regulations rather than merely leaving things to private plaintiffs in lawsuits and class actions. These regulatory enforcement efforts present particular challenges for law-abiding callers.
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Call Deliverability Is a Priority for Marketers in the STIR/SHAKEN Era

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was signed into law in 1991—eons ago with regards to telecommunications technology. At the time that the law was drafted and passed, one of the primary regulatory concerns was the then-prevalent practice of sending junk faxes. Now, in the smartphone era, regulators are far more concerned with robocalls.