Marketing Law Blog

Alabama bill would expand telemarketing exemptions for newspaper and magazine sellers

A bill in Alabama has been introduced that would expand the state's telemarketing regulation exemption for businesses that primarily sell newspapers and magazines. "This bill would specify that the inclusion of a gift package or the offering of a magazine as a part of a membership does not preclude the solicitation from being exempt under the law and would further specify that a solicitation on behalf of a magazine would be exempt under the law if the magazine was approved as a magazine for the purpose of accruing income under the Internal Revenue Code." Read the full text of the bill here.
 

New Mexico Data Breach Notification Act

New Mexico has become the 48th state to require businesses to inform their customers when there is reason to believe that their data has been compromised. Businesses that fail to do so could be subject to a fine of up to $150,000. Read the full text of the bill here. Alabama and South Dakota are currently the only states without security breach notification laws.

 

FCC seeking comments on new proposed robocalling rules

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding robocalls. "The Commission proposes...that providers may block calls when the subscriber to a particular telephone number requests that calls originating from that number be blocked; permit providers to block calls originating from invalid numbers; permit providers to block calls originating from valid numbers that are not allocated to a voice service provider; and permit providers to block calls originating from valid numbers that are allocated but not assigned to a subscriber. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on the possibility of permitting providers to block calls in other situations where the calls to be blocked are reasonably likely to be illegal based upon objective criteria." Comments are due on or before July 3, 2017 and reply comments are due on or before July 31, 2017.