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.
In April, the Fourth Circuit struck down the TCPA Debt Exemption that permitted automated calls to cellphones when the calls were for the collection of government-backed debt such as a student loan. The ruling called the exemption "unconstitutional" and nearly resulted in the invalidation of the entire TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act).
Update:
Louisiana has declared National Memorial Day as a state holiday required by its Do Not Call statute. See the official declaration here.
State Restrictions
May 4, 2019 - Rhode Island Independence Day
May 27, 2019 - Memorial Day
Canadian Restrictions
May 20, 2019 - Victoria Day
A rash of new litigation scrub websites have recently popped up who are making outlandish claims such as “100% free litigator scrub.” Beware these false litigation scrub services. Do not expose your company’s valuable data to an unknown website.
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.