Consumers Union Wants No More Robocalls to Cellphones
Consumers Union is asking the FCC to stop telemarketers from finding loopholes in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and using robocalls to cellphones, said a CU news release Wednesday. CU said it added to the series of petitions submitted to…
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the FCC in support of the act by delivering about 130,000 petition signatures to the agency Wednesday. Some telemarketing and financial service companies are lobbying the FCC to allow “wrong party” robocalls to cellphones, which would subject consumers to intrusive calls if the company obtains a number previously owned by someone else, or if a debt collector associates a number with the wrong person, CU said. It's working to pressure phone companies to offer free, effective call blocking tools to stop unwanted and illegal robocalls.