Robocalls

EPIC Applauds FTC Order Following Camera Hack and CAN-SPAM Violations

September 5, 2024

Last week, the FTC announced a proposed order against Verkada, a seller of IP-enabled security cameras on the heels of two data breaches and violations of the CAN-SPAM Act
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Robocalls
- Updates
EPIC Joins NCLC-Led Coalition Defending FCC Rule That Prohibits Sale of Robocall Consents

July 26, 2024

In NCLC's brief, joined and filed by EPIC, the consumer advocacy groups argued that tightening consent requirements would limit the onslaught of unwanted telemarketing calls which the FCC's rule achieves. The amicus brief also outlines that the FCC's rule is consistent with comparable rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as well as the FCC's own prior rules about consent for non-telemarketing calls.
- Consumer Privacy
- Robocalls
- Updates
Money Digest: Scam Warning: Never Respond If Someone Calls You And Uses These Phrases

July 11, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Robocalls
- News
EPIC, NCLC Urge FTC to Clarify Scope and Include Non-Monetary Costs in Tech Support Telemarketing Sales Rule

June 24, 2024

EPIC and NCLC support the FTC requiring inbound tech support calls to comply with the TSR, but urges the Commission to clarify that this includes software and device components, and to consider non-monetary costs to consumers.
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Security
- Robocalls
- Updates
Comments on FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) Inbound Tech Support Calls NPRM

June 21, 2024

EPIC and NCLC support the FTC requiring inbound tech support calls to comply with the TSR, but urges the Commission to clarify that this includes software and device components, and to consider non-monetary costs to consumers.
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Security
- Robocalls
- APA Comments
EPIC & NCLC Urge Second Circuit to Rehear Case About Automated Call Protections

June 4, 2024

EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) have filed an amicus brief urging the full Second Circuit to rehear Soliman v. Subway, a case about whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s autodialer restriction protects against automated calls or only randomly dialed calls.
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Robocalls
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advert. Fund Tr., Ltd.

June 4, 2024

Whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA’s) autodialer restriction covers automated list-based campaign dialers, or if the TCPA only restricts use of dialers that generate telephone numbers.
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Robocalls
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Amicus Briefs
Second Circuit Narrows Scope of Anti-Robocall Law, Dissenting Judge Argues for Broader Reading in Line with EPIC and NCLC Interpretation

May 17, 2024

Second Circuit dissent is now the second circuit-level dissent in support of a TCPA autodialer definition that broadly protects consumers.
- Consumer Privacy
- Robocalls
- Updates
Generating Harms

May 14, 2024
- Access to Information
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Big Data
- Children's Privacy
- Commercial AI Use
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Election Security
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government AI Use
- Government Records & Privacy
- Health Privacy
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Online Harassment
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Robocalls
- Screening & Scoring
- Social Media Privacy
- Student Privacy
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Web Scraping
- Workplace Privacy
Law360: Keeping Up With Class Actions: A New Era Of Higher Stakes

May 9, 2024
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Robocalls
- Voter Privacy
- News