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Trade Associations Pushing for Changes to How FCC Interprets the TCPA

A broad group of trade associations said the FCC should change policies for the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, especially its interpretation of the statutory definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system.” The groups reported on a meeting with Consumer and…

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Governmental Affairs Bureau staff. “The Associations explained that many of the Commission’s existing TCPA interpretations impair the ability of the Associations’ members to use efficient dialing technologies to contact their customers with important messages,” said a filing in docket 02-278. Among those represented at the meeting were the American Bankers Association, the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, the Consumer Bankers Association, the Edison Electric Institute, the Independent Community Bankers of America, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform.