NAFCU is pursuing legal action against the Federal Communications Commission over its Telephone Consumer Protection Act order to prohibit financial institutions from making autodialed calls to account holders, the credit union trade association announced Friday.
NAFCU is seeking to become a party in a petition filed Sept. 2 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which requests a review of the FCC order.
“The NAFCU Board unanimously approved getting involved in the litigation against the FCC to help protect credit unions' right to communicate with their members and, more importantly, to retain the unfettered ability to alert them when necessary to protect their accounts and information,” Carrie Hunt, NAFCU's senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel, said.
The FCC order was a response to 19 petitions from various businesses and organizations that, in part, sought clarification of FCC rule changes under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which took effect in 2013.
The FCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by CU Times.
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