• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

Alston & Bird Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Blog

  • Home
  • Services
  • Events
  • Contacts

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC TCPA Order has Harsh Impact on Businesses

July 11, 2015 By David Carpenter

On July 10, 2015, the FCC entered its long awaited Order on 21 petitions seeking clarification on a number of issues related to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).  A copy of the complete Order is available here https://www.fcc.gov/document/tcpa-omnibus-declaratory-ruling-and-order.  The Order is consistent with comments that the FCC made during its open hearing on […]

Filed Under: Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Policy Tagged With: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

FCC’s TCPA Ruling Delivers Blow To Businesses

June 18, 2015 By Kelley Barnaby and David Carpenter

The FCC today approved a Declaratory Ruling and Order resolving approximately 20 pending petitions seeking clarification of a variety of items relating to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Commission’s Order expands consumer rights and protections at the expense of legitimate businesses that use modern technologies responsibly to reach consumers. At today’s Open […]

Filed Under: Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Policy Tagged With: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

Kristy Brown Comments On TCPA Issues In Inside Counsel

May 12, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Kristy Brown, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Litigation Group, was interviewed by Inside Counsel about the uptick of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and what companies should do to reduce their risk. In the interview, titled “TCPA Litigation: How can companies protect themselves?,” Brown first notes that, “No company […]

Filed Under: Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

Defendants to Pay FTC $9.3 Million to Settle Suit Over Alleged Text Messaging Scam

October 27, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Three groups of defendants have agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $9.3 million to settle claims that they operated a scam to send unsolicited and deceptive text messages to millions of consumers. The settlement is the result of a major campaign by the FTC targeting senders of unsolicited commercial messages using the promise […]

Filed Under: Mobile Privacy Tagged With: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Mobile Technologies

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2

Primary Sidebar

This blog is a service of Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy team and focuses on key data privacy and data security issues.


Receive email notifications when new posts are added.

Receive email notifications when new posts are added.


THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
Click here to see the editions

PRIVACY & CYBER EVENTS
Click here to see upcoming and past events

PRIVACY & CYBER MAILINGS
Click here to sign up

@ALSTONPRIVACY
Click here to follow us on Twitter

Secondary Sidebar

Categories

Recent Posts

  • DOJ Issues New Policy on CFAA Prosecutions
  • EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on the Calculation of Administrative Fines
  • The California Privacy Protection Agency Solicits Public Input on Forthcoming Privacy Regulations
  • U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum
  • Colorado Issues Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act
Copyright © 2022 · Alston & Bird · All Rights Reserved. Privacy.