Could you get more robocalls in the future because of a supreme court ruling?
The Supreme Court sided with Facebook in a case claiming the company’s automated text alerts violated the 30-year-old ban on robocalls. Author: KHOU 11 Staff Updated: 5:58 PM CDT May 10, 2021
Robocalls: almost everyone gets them. And nearly no one likes them.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently sided with Facebook in a case claiming the social media platform s automated text alerts violated the 30-year-old ban on robocalls.
It has many people wondering could the decision lead to an increase in robocalls in the future.
Let’s connect the dots.
PRINCETON A Princeton woman is suing Discover Bank alleging that it harassed her with debt collection tactics.
Laura Baldwin claims she became in arrears upon an alleged indebtedness to Discovery Bank and the defendant began to engage in collection attempts, according to a complaint filed in Mercer Circuit Court.
Baldwin claims on Feb. 6, 2020, she called Discovery and informed them she could not pay the debt and to stop calling her cell phone, however, the defendant continued to call her.
The defendant caused Baldwin to suffer mental and emotional pain, anguish, humiliation, embarrassment and harassment, according to the suit.
Baldwin claims the defendant violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. She claims after informing Discover that she could not pay the debt, the phone calls should have stopped.
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In a decision that creates new hurdles for website accessibility lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on April 7, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that websites do not constitute places of public accommodation under Title III of the ADA. Moreover, to violate Title III an inaccessible website must create an “intangible barrier” to a disabled individual’s actual ability to access and enjoy equally the goods and services of a physical place of public accommodation.
Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 17-13467 (11th Cir. April 7, 2021), takes a narrow view of the applicability of the ADA that is likely to have a significant impact on the viability of website accessibility lawsuits in the Eleventh Circuit. The decision also further highlights a split among the circuits regarding the applicability of Title III to websites and invites the United States Supreme Court to resolve
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