JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE ALLEGING OVERSHADOWING IN COLLECTION LETTER
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it included two different addresses in a collection letter and because the validation notice portion of the letter was in the same font size and color as the rest of the notice.
TCPA CLASS ACTION ALLEGES UNSOLICITED CALLS PITCHED DEBT CONSOLIDATION SERVICES
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed, accusing a financial services company and a vendor it uses of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by pitching debt consolidation services to individuals by making calls to their cell phones with first obtaining the proper consent to do so.
GOOGLE PREPPING AUTOMATIC SCREENING TO ROOT OUT UNWANTED CALLS
- Following other carriers that have rolled out apps and services aimed at protecting individuals from phone calls they do not want to receive, Google is prepping an update to its mobile phone operating system that would automatically screen calls from unknown numbers.
MOMENTUM FOR FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW PICKING UP STEAM
- The top Democrats from four key Senate committees have come together to issue a set of principles under which they would support a federal privacy law, including continuing to allow states to enact their own laws.
WORTH NOTING: Workplace etiquette tips for the holiday season … Of course Tom Hanks has to be related to Mr. Rogers … For everyone who has been waiting for a “Cats” movie … De-bunking mental health myths … The jobs that artificial intelligence will “obliterate” in the next decade … Gifts you’ll want to keep for yourself … More forced power outages are coming to California … One trick to increase your credit score … Today is National Play Monopoly Day.
Turning frustration into delight
What Secret Service recruits go through
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE ALLEGING OVERSHADOWING IN COLLECTION LETTER
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it included two different addresses in a collection letter and because the validation notice portion of the letter was in the same font size and color as the rest of the notice.
TCPA CLASS ACTION ALLEGES UNSOLICITED CALLS PITCHED DEBT CONSOLIDATION SERVICES
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed, accusing a financial services company and a vendor it uses of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by pitching debt consolidation services to individuals by making calls to their cell phones with first obtaining the proper consent to do so.
GOOGLE PREPPING AUTOMATIC SCREENING TO ROOT OUT UNWANTED CALLS
- Following other carriers that have rolled out apps and services aimed at protecting individuals from phone calls they do not want to receive, Google is prepping an update to its mobile phone operating system that would automatically screen calls from unknown numbers.
MOMENTUM FOR FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW PICKING UP STEAM
- The top Democrats from four key Senate committees have come together to issue a set of principles under which they would support a federal privacy law, including continuing to allow states to enact their own laws.
WORTH NOTING: Workplace etiquette tips for the holiday season … Of course Tom Hanks has to be related to Mr. Rogers … For everyone who has been waiting for a “Cats” movie … De-bunking mental health myths … The jobs that artificial intelligence will “obliterate” in the next decade … Gifts you’ll want to keep for yourself … More forced power outages are coming to California … One trick to increase your credit score … Today is National Play Monopoly Day.
Turning frustration into delight
What Secret Service recruits go through
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
