Spam texts and robocalls are daily nuisances for many Americans. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is there to protect consumers against the irritation and possible loss that these unsolicited communications can cause. Any individual who deals with spam texts or calls regularly has the right to take legal action and possibly win financial compensation […]
Every day, millions of Americans are hit by unsolicited prerecorded calls offering them all kinds of products from insurance to home alarm systems. Despite the protection provided by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), robocalls are actually increasing in number. This is because they are highly profitable, and the legal protections put in place to […]
The TCPA – Telephone Consumer Protection Act, is a federal statute signed into law in 1991 by President George H. W. Bush after being passed by the United States Congress. It was enacted to restrict telephone solicitations in the form of telemarketing as well as the use of automated telephone devices. It also limits prerecorded […]
Nobody likes spam text. They are annoying, troublesome and put off your mood and when you are working, your flow. Spam comes in various forms such as email spam (the most commonly known), automated call and of course mobile phone spam text messages. These bothersome data rodents crawl their way into way no matter how […]
Marketing calls and spam text messages are a massive nuisance in North America and more so in the US. People had become so fed up that the state had to pass a law called TCPA or the Telephone Consumer Protection Act whereby companies cannot make marketing calls to random people without their consent. And despite […]
A class action lawsuit accuses a car dealership in Maryland of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending pre-recorded messages without the receivers’ consent. Pre-recorded messsages vs. TCPA The congress enacted the TCPA in 1991 to address the growing number of telemarketing calls. The act restricts common carriers as well as other marketers from […]
Telemarketing robocalls have been a major matter of botheration for people since the 1990s. People used to receive (and they still do) telemarketing calls regarding services, many times services that were irrelevant to them. This included mostly financial products cold calling and calls to open bank accounts. However, with the progress of technology, services have […]
Spam text messages are unwanted and unexpected text messages that are usually meant to defraud the receivers. If you think that someone is sending you spam texts from another phone, then you might be mistaken. Generally, spam messages are sent via computers, without costing anything to the sender. The cases of spam text messages are […]
CVS, the nationwide chain of drugstore has agreed to a robocall settlement which amounts to $15 million in a class action which was filed in the year 2014 against the company. The filing prosecutor has asked the federal judge to begin the process of approval as soon as possible on their offer in place of […]
Consumers deal with the annoyance of telemarketers on a daily basis, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) provides various protections against persistent callers. Are you on the Do Not Call Registry and still receiving spam solicitation calls, texts and voicemails? It is a violation of federal law to contact phone numbers that have been […]
