Ecommerce Innovation Alliance Speaks With Trusty on Quiet Hours

The Ecommerce Innovation Alliance reported on meetings at the FCC about the group’s pursuit of a declaratory ruling that people who provide prior express written consent to receive text messages can't claim damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for messages received outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (see 2503030036). The group is being represented on the issue by former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, who met with Commissioner Olivia Trusty and aides to Trusty and Chairman Brendan Carr, according to a filing Friday in docket 02-278.

“We discussed the urgent need for an Order confirming the Commission’s long-held view that consumers who provide their prior express consent to receive text messages have no legal basis to sue … for messages received outside ... the quiet hours created by Commission rule,” the filing said.