Posts filed under: Ringless Voicemail Drops
NEW YORK — Marketing calls usually make your cellphone ring, but if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules in the companies’ favor, those credit card, financing and debt collection calls could legally go straight to your voicemail box in unlimited numbers....
By Sarah Shemkus GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Just about everyone hates receiving calls from telemarketers, political campaigns, and debt collectors. In 1991, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act was put in place, with protections to help reduce the onslaught. In 2003, the National...
A petition to exempt ringless voicemails from anti-robocall rules has been withdrawn after heavy opposition. In March, a marketing company called All About the Message petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for a ruling that would prevent anti-robocall rules from applying...
US Senate Democrats today asked the Federal Communications Commission to protect consumers from ringless voicemails, which let robocallers leave voicemails without ringing your phone. The Republican National Committee (RNC), which is already using ringless voicemails, recently asked the FCC to approve a petition...
Debt collectors and telemarketers often face TCPA allegations – meritorious or not. For debt collectors, this is true even though debt collection calls are subject only to the “prior express consent” standard rather than the more strict, “prior express written...
In the past couple of months, you might’ve noticed that you’ve been getting more voice mails. Sometimes, you might have voice mails waiting even though you didn’t have any corresponding missed calls. And when you opened those voice mails, perhaps...
Frank Kemp was working on his computer when his cellphone let out the sound of Mario — from Super Mario Bros. — collecting a coin. That signaled he had a new voice mail message, yet his phone had never rung....
It seems Ringless Voicemail can’t make it to court. No matter how hard it tries. Millions of calls. Can’t even get a citation. No vexatious litigator will touch it. No consumer will file papers, no class action. No judge has...
Courtesy of http://www.ftcadlaw.com/ A few months ago, a client asked if “ringless voicemail” is legal. Before I could answer, I first had to know what he was talking about. “It’s the hottest new thing in telemarketing,” he said, “a sure...
The pro-consumer data free-for-all There’s been a lot of talk recently about the practice of wireless companies not imposing data charges when their customers access certain content. It’s an innovative way for companies to price their services and broadly helps...