JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT’S MSJ IN FDCPA CASE OVER MISSING SUFFIX IN SUMMONS
- A District Court judge in Texas has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by omitting the “II” in an individual’s name and accidentally serving the individual’s father with a debt collection suit, even though the father knew the summons was for his son.
NEW APP ALLOWS USERS TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE TCPA LAWSUITS
- A new app called Robo Revenge goes as far as to give individuals “burner” credit cards that are being used to gather information in order to automatically file Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits against companies calling individuals’ cell phones without their consent.
CALIF. AG PROPOSES MORE REGS TO COMPLY WITH CCPA
- The Attorney General of California has issued revised proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act twice in the past seven days, which are open for comment until the end of the month.
SENATOR INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE FEDERAL PRIVACY AGENCY
- Another bill has been proposed in Congress, this time from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-N.Y.], to create a federal agency that would protect the data and privacy of Americans.
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