It seems the FCC has taken a dim view of PP's new user agreement:
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Today, the FCC notified PayPal that it has some concerns that the revised agreement might run afoul of federal laws.
The letter [PDF], sent by the chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to PayPal’s general counsel, says the Commission is concerned that the amendments to the existing agreement “may violate federal laws governing the use of autodialed, prerecorded, and artificial voice calls, including text messages.”
The revised PayPal agreement, which kicks in on July 1, expands the company’s authority to contact users with autodialed, pre-recorded calls to “any telephone number that you have provided us or that we have otherwise obtained.” It also broadens the scope of acceptable reasons for the company to robocall or spam-text you, all without providing any way to opt out.
“If PayPal plans to make autodialed, prerecorded, or artificial voice calls or text messages to its customers, please be aware that federal law places strict limits on such communications,” reads the letter from the FCC, which describes prerecorded marketing calls as a “greater nuisance and invasion of privacy than live solicitation calls,” and that “can be costly and inconvenient” for consumers.
The FCC reminds PayPal that before a company makes one of these calls, it “must obtain the prior express written consent of the recipients,” and if the call is anything other than telemarketing, PayPal “must also get prior express consent (either oral or written) for such calls to wireless phones.”
http://consumerist.com/2015/06/11/fcc-says-paypals-new-user-agreement-violates-anti-robocall-rules/
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Today, the FCC notified PayPal that it has some concerns that the revised agreement might run afoul of federal laws.
The letter [PDF], sent by the chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to PayPal’s general counsel, says the Commission is concerned that the amendments to the existing agreement “may violate federal laws governing the use of autodialed, prerecorded, and artificial voice calls, including text messages.”
The revised PayPal agreement, which kicks in on July 1, expands the company’s authority to contact users with autodialed, pre-recorded calls to “any telephone number that you have provided us or that we have otherwise obtained.” It also broadens the scope of acceptable reasons for the company to robocall or spam-text you, all without providing any way to opt out.
“If PayPal plans to make autodialed, prerecorded, or artificial voice calls or text messages to its customers, please be aware that federal law places strict limits on such communications,” reads the letter from the FCC, which describes prerecorded marketing calls as a “greater nuisance and invasion of privacy than live solicitation calls,” and that “can be costly and inconvenient” for consumers.
The FCC reminds PayPal that before a company makes one of these calls, it “must obtain the prior express written consent of the recipients,” and if the call is anything other than telemarketing, PayPal “must also get prior express consent (either oral or written) for such calls to wireless phones.”
http://consumerist.com/2015/06/11/fcc-says-paypals-new-user-agreement-violates-anti-robocall-rules/
