The Federal Communications Commission voted last week to approve an order that would provide a safe harbor for telephone companies that block calls based on “reasonable analytics designed to identify unwanted calls,” as long as the analytics incorporates call authentication information.
In a widely anticipated decision, the Supreme Court held today in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s exemption for government debt-related calls is unconstitutional.
ABA and six other financial trade groups wrote to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday highlighting broad support for an ABA-led petition seeking an expedited declaratory ruling or waiver from the FCC to confirm that financial institutions’ COVID-19-related calls are exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s requirements.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday wrote to the Federal Communications Commission in support of a petition filed by ABA and six other financial trade groups seeking an expedited ruling from the FCC on the exempt status of banks’ COVID-19 related calls.
As banks seek to contact customers with COVID-19-related information, ABA and the National Consumer Law Center on Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission to act immediately on a petition filed by ABA and six financial trade groups seeking an expedited ruling on the exempt status of these calls.
As banks seek to contact customers with COVID-19-related information, the American Bankers Association asked the Federal Communications Commission on Friday to provide immediate relief confirming that financial institutions’ COVID-19-related calls are exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s requirements.
As banks seek to contact customers with COVID-19-related information, the American Bankers Association and six other financial trade groups filed a petition requesting that the Federal Communications Commission issue an expedited declaratory ruling or waiver confirming that financial institutions’ COVID-19-related calls are exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s requirements.
ABA joined a broad coalition of trade associations in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking the FCC to protect outbound calls placed by banks and other legitimate institutions from telephone companies’ call-blocking programs.
In a comment letter filed today, ABA and other trade groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to protect lawful calls placed by legitimate businesses from telephone companies’ call-blocking programs.
The Federal Communications Commission today voted unanimously to adopt a declaratory ruling permitting voice service providers to enroll customers automatically in a call-blocking program that is based on any reasonable analytics designed to identify unwanted calls.