Telemarketing, Robocalls

This notice amends the Telemarketing Sales Rule by updating the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry, effective October 1, 2018.
 

The information collection requirements described in the notice will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements in its Telemarketing Sales Rule.
 

The information collection requirements in the notice will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the current clearance for information collection requirements in its Telemarketing Sales Rule.
 

This notice amends the Telemarketing Sales Rule by updating the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry, effective October 1, 2016.
 

This notice amends the Telemarketing Sales Rule by updating the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry, effective October 1, 2017.
 

This is a 2023 amicus brief filed by EPIC and NCLC in a TCPA case asking the Ninth Circuit to rehear en banc the opinion below in Borden v. eFinancial, LLC, 53 F.4th 1230 (9th Cir. 2022).  The amicus brief argues that the opinion unnecessarily guts the autodialer restriction. By inserting the phrase “number” into “random or sequential number generator,” the Borden decision ensures that the autodialer restriction will no longer cover the most common automated dialing equipment.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) filed this amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case, McCurley v. Royal Seas Cruises, Inc. (9th Cir.). The defendant claims that it cannot be held responsible for the violations of the TCPA committed by the third-party lead generator it hired to contact potential customers.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center drafted this amicus brief in Panzarella v. Navient Solutions, LLC (3rd Cir.) relating to the breadth of the definition of "automatic telephone dialing system" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) drafted this amicus brief in Guthrie v. PHH Mortg. Corp. (4th Cir.) in a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's prohibition of autodialed calls to cell phones without the called party's consent.  The amicus brief argues that the definition of autodialer in the statute should be interpreted in a way that encompasses many dialers in use today.  The brief closely analyzes the Supreme Court's 2021 decision in Facebook, Inc. v.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center drafted this amicus brief in Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC (9th Cir.) in a case involving the TCPA’s prohibition of autodialed calls to cell phones without the called party's consent.  The amicus brief argues that the definition of autodialer in the statute should be interpreted in a way that