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FCC Nixes PayPal's Forced Robocalls Plan

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-call-us,-we'll-call-you dept.

jfruh writes: As part of a new user agreement created in preparation for its spinoff from eBay as an independent company, PayPal told users that the only way to avoid advertising robocalls from PayPal and its 'partners' was to stop using the service. This caused something of a firestorm, and now the FCC is saying the policy may violate Federal law, which requires an explicit opt-in to receive such messages.

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  1. Amerika by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    And this is why you have regulators, so they stop dominant businesses from fucking you over. Now say thank you for the FCC.

  2. Re:Lawyerly bullshit .. by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA: "FCC requirements ban requiring a customer to consent to receive autodialed or prerecorded telemarketing or advertising calls as a condition of a purchase..."

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    -- Don't Tase me, bro!

  3. Don't use PayPal and never will by AntronArgaiv · · Score: 3, Informative

    Reason #1: they're unregulated
    Reason #2: They have a demonstrated history of exploiting reason #1 (see www.paypalsucks.com for more information)

    It just doesn't make sense to allow an organization like this to have any amount of access and/or control over your money.

  4. Re:I would drop them like a fucking rock by Jiro · · Score: 4, Informative

    That is not true. Paypal's language uses collection calls as an example, but is written in such a way that they can robocall you for any reason or no reason.