On Friday, a petition was filed with the FCC seeking regulatory relief for credit unions from unnecessary requirements that restrict them from communicating with their own members.
The FCC adopted the Consumer Advisory Committee’s (CAC) recommendation for unwanted call blocking during their September 18th meeting. The intent of the seven action items is to focus on the importance of allowing voice-service providers the flexibility to address illegal robocalls in a way that does not inadvertently block legitimate business-to-consumer calls.
On July 13, 2017, the FCC took action to address the issue of robocalls to reassigned phone numbers. They recognize that businesses or other robocallers that unknowingly call a reassigned number can annoy the new consumer and deprive the intended consumer of an expected call.
On Friday, March 31, the D.C Circuit Court entered its ruling on Yaakov v. Federal Communications Commission vacating the part of the FCC's 2006 Fax Order that requires the inclusion of opt-out language on faxes that are sent with the prior consent of the recipient.
In the past, phone companies have used automated blocking tools, but some complained that FCC rules against blocking calls prohibited them from aggressively targeting illegal telemarketers for fear of accidentally blocking legitimate callers.
During the summer of 2016, the Mortgage Banking Association (MBA) petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to have certain mortgage servicing calls exempt from the autodialer regulations in the TCPA. In the petition, the MBA argued that mortgage servicers are responsible for contacting borrowers and gathering important and urgent data.