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What is TCPA Compliance and how does it affect businesses?
Before sending promotional or marketing SMS text message campaigns, a business or an organization must first acquire express consent or express written consent from your text message recipients to avoid fines.
Texty Pro has a zero-tolerance policy for text message spam.
This article explains the importance of obtaining express consent for sending business text messages in compliance with U.S. regulations. It outlines what qualifies as express written consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and FCC rules, and provides examples of how businesses can legally collect it such as through web forms, keywords, or recorded verbal agreements. The article also highlights why express consent matters, emphasizing the sender’s responsibility to document consent and the risks of non-compliance, including potential penalties and account termination.
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, commonly known as CASL, is a federal law that regulates how businesses and individuals can send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) to recipients in Canada. This law applies to emails, text messages, social media direct messages, and other forms of digital communication that have a commercial purpose. CASL came into force on July 1, 2014, and is considered one of the most rigorous anti-spam laws in the world.
