In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), public interest groups including CFA are calling on the agency to reject the calling industry’s push for narrow definitions of “automated telephone dialing system” and “call” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The consequence of such narrow definitions will be a tsunami of unwanted—and unstoppable—calls to our cell phones. Instead, the groups strongly urge the FCC to write definitions that will ensure that the consumer protection law it is charged with implementing is effective in protecting the sanctity of Americans’ privacy.
