LendingTree Pushes Back on 1-to-1 Consent While FCC Targets Third-Party STIR/SHAKEN Authentication

Your FCC Update for 11/22/2024

Dear Friends of The Docket Digest,

LendingTree is asking for an exception to the 1-to-1 consent requirement, arguing that it places an undue burden on small businesses. They’re making a similar case to the one raised by the U.S. Small Business Administration. In their filing however, LendingTree has proposed a solution::

1. Consent could be collected for a specified number of named matched entities who are “logically and topically” associated with a consumer’s specified criteria.

2. Consent collected would only be valid for ninety (90) days unless separately renewed by the consumer on a one-to-one basis.

3. A consumer’s consent could not be resold or shared by the matched partner; it is valid only with the specified entities.

4. The consumer retains the ability to revoke consent to any matched partner at any time.

On the voice side, the FCC announced a crackdown on third-party authentication. The goal: no more hiding behind third-party certificates. Every provider must get their own certification and attest their own traffic, even if they outsource the technical handshake. From the order:

But it can also allow carriers to turn the other way and make the mess of unwanted calls someone else’s responsibility. That’s not right.

We shut down this loophole today.

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Filings in Digest

17-59  Unlawful Robocalls

02-278  Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991