Consumers can currently report scam texts to the FCC by filing a consumer complaint or can forward them to their provider using the number SPAM (7726), and should delete all suspicious texts. Also adopted by the commission Thursday were new rules requiring intermediate communications providers receiv...
“some of the most sensitive personal information that carriers and providers have about their customers as a result of their business relationship (e.g., phone numbers called; the frequency, duration, and timing of such calls; and any services purchased by the consumer, such as call waiting)...
Free Press files complaint with FCC over lack of Google Wallet on Verizon Galaxy Nexus BySarah Clark•19 December 2011 US consumer rights organisation Free Press has filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging it to investigate Verizon Wireless’ actions regarding Google...
The release added that the FCC is also seeking to close the lead generator loophole, explaining that it allows companies to use a single consumer consent to deliver robocalls and text messages from multiple marketers on subjects that may not be what the consumer had in mind. Combating robocalls...
While legislative changes are being made for consumer protection, the FCC recommends Americans add their phone numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry by visiting www.donotcall.gov or calling 1-888-382-1222 from the phone number being registered. They estimate this step will reduce telemarke...
By Catherine Stoddard Updated July 21, 2022 6:09pm PDT Consumer FOX TV Digital Teamarticle Robocalls. We've all gotten them. (jubaphoto via Getty Images) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Thursday it has ordered phone companies to block any traffic regarding known ...
Robocalls are a big problem for almost everyone with a cell phone: they’re the number one consumer complaint received by the telecom regulator according to FCC Chair Ajit Pai. “They’re more than 60% of the complaints we receive,” Pai wrotein a USA Today op-ed. “And when consumers ...
Unwantedphone calls, many of which are scams, remain a top consumer complaint even 12 years after Congress passed a law setting up the Do Not Call registry. The problem has gotten so bad nationwide that the FTC has offered cash prizes for technical solutions. ...
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation regarding alleged violations of the TCPA, many issues relating to the ...
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