
FCC: TCPA OPT-OUT REQUESTS TO BE HONORED WITHIN 24 HOURS!
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”). Among other things, the NPRM proposes that companies honor certain unsubscribe or TCPA opt-out requests within 24 hours of receipt. To be discussed in a future blog, the NPRM also proposes to codify the Commission’s prior ruling that a one-time text message may be sent to confirm a consumer’s revocation of consent. Honoring TCPA Opt-Out Requests Presently, there is no hard and fast time frame within which marketers must honor consumer requests to no longer receive robocalls or commercial text messages delivered