From: digest-replies@telecom-digest.org   
      
   by David O. Klein   
      
   On March 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC")   
   issued a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking   
   ("FNPR") addressing a variety of issues under the Telephone Consumer   
   Protection Act ("TCPA"). As our readership is aware, the TCPA is a   
   federal statute designed to protect consumer privacy by restricting   
   certain types of telemarketing communications. The FCC regularly   
   issues rulemakings on issues that they deem pressing. Regarding the   
   issue of TCPA consent, in the FNPR, the FCC proposed "ban[ning] the   
   practice of obtaining a single consumer consent as grounds for   
   delivering calls and text messages from multiple marketers on subjects   
   beyond the scope of the original consent" – a practice the FCC   
   characterizes as a "loophole." On June 6, 2023, a contingent of 28   
   attorneys general ("AGs") submitted Reply Comments ("Comments") in   
   response to the FNPR. Almost the entirety of the 22-page AG submission   
   addresses the propriety of obtaining consumer TCPA consent for   
   telemarketing by multiple marketers on one webpage via hyperlinked   
   marketing partner lists. In the past, attorneys general from various   
   states have voiced their concerns regarding the industry's use of such   
   hyperlinked marketing partner lists. Telemarketing companies engaged   
   in this practice should take heed: the focus of the Comments clearly   
   indicates that singular consumer consent remains one of the AGs' top   
   priorities when it comes to TCPA compliance.   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1331352?q=1803232&n=824&tp=6&tlk=5&lk=41   
      
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