Consumer Groups Oppose TCPA Petitions

Petitions the FCC is considering to grant exemptions on Telephone Consumer Protection Act regulations affecting automated dialing calls to cellphones (see 1501140045) would “open the floodgates for ‘wrong number’ calls to cell phones,” said 80 groups, including Free Press, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Association for State Utility Consumer Advocates and Public Knowledge, in a letter to the agency Thursday. “This would not only be an improper interpretation of the TCPA, but it would gut essential privacy rights of cell phone users,” the groups said.