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Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 6, 2024. It took effect on November 6, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the rule adopted in the Second Text Blocking Report and Order requiring that texters and callers obtain a consumer's prior express written consent to robocall or robotext the consumer soliciting their business. The Commission requires that such consent apply to a single seller at a time. The Commission also requires that the consent must be in response to a clear and conspicuous disclosure to the consumer and that the content of the robotexts and robocalls be logically and topically associated with the website where the consumer gave consent. Compliance with the rule section, is required 12 months after publication in the Federal Register or 30 days after notice that the Office of Management and Budget has completed review of any information collection requirements that the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau determines is required un the Paperwork Reduction Act, whichever is later. This document is consistent with the Second Text Blocking Report and Order, which states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-24908
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; announcement of compliance date
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- November 6, 2024
- Takes effect
- November 6, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: November 6, 2024
- Docket
- CG Docket Nos. 02-278, 21-402, 17-59, FCC 23-107, FR ID 254728
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 64
- Topics
- Communications common carriers; Telecommunications; Telephone
- Pages
- 2
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