A Wisconsin court issued a ruling this month that could result in more TCPA lawsuits against automated calling and texting platform providers. In the court’s ruling on Cunningham v.
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he will host a summit on July 11th, 2019 to examine telco companies progress in implementing the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) and STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) caller ID authentication standards.
It's been a big week for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Newly proposed debt collection rules that may update the 1977 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) could allow debt collectors to send unlimited texts and emails to consumers.
State Restrictions
May 4, 2019 - Rhode Island Independence Day
May 27, 2019 - Memorial Day
Canadian Restrictions
May 20, 2019 - Victoria Day
The FCC's long awaited reassigned number database has officially become a final rule. In December of last year, the FCC announced its intention to create this database, which will, "contain the most recent permanent disconnection date for toll free numbers and for each number allocated to or ported to each provider that receives North American Numbering Plan U.S.
State Restrictions
April 19, 2019 - Good Friday
April 22, 2019 - Confederate Memorial Day
April 29, 2019 - Confederate Memorial Day
Canadian Restrictions
April 19, 2019 Good Friday
April 22, 2019 - Easter Monday
By a vote of 46-1, the Washington State Senate has passed a new, strict data protection bill. The bill will now move to the Washington House of Representatives for their consideration. The text of this bill is very similar to the European Union’s GDPR that took effect last year.
In January of this year, NorthStar Alarm Services, LLC filed a petition with the FCC asking the agency to rule that soundboard technology, also known as avatar, does not fall under the definition of a prerecorded message under the TCPA.
State Restrictions
March 5, 2019 – Mardi Gras
Canadian Restrictions
No statutory holidays in March for Canada.