Comment Sought on Banker Petition on TCPA

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau sought comment an October petition from the American Bankers Association asking the agency to exempt certain time-sensitive informational calls, which are placed with no charge to the called parties, from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s restrictions on automated calls to mobile devices (see 1410140162). Comments are due Dec. 8, replies Dec. 22, the bureau said Thursday: “We seek comment on the issues raised in the Petition, including whether the exemptions requested in the Petition allow the financial services industry to reduce privacy and security risks proactively so that fraud, data security breaches, and identity theft are less likely to occur in the first place.”