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Member of the FirmAttorney Lisa Pierce Reisz counsels health care organizations regarding their health information technology (HIT) and data use issues, including information security and privacy practices. Her business-focused, practical ...
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, was enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telemarketing calls, faxes, and now text messages. For businesses that engage in telemarketing, the TCPA poses significant legal risk for noncompliance. The TCPA's strict regulations and severe financial penalties mean that even inadvertent violations can lead to substantial fines and costly class-action lawsuits.
Adding more compliance risk to telemarketers, Texas enacted its own TCPA (known as the Texas “mini-TCPA”) in 2009 to further protect the privacy of Texas residents by imposing more requirements on businesses engaged in telemarketing activities in Texas and by implementing more robust enforcement mechanisms.
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