Chicago Class Action Seeks to Halt Unsolicited Fax Ads Barred by TCPA
A Westland, Michigan, business violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited fax advertisements to promote its goods and services to would-be customers without their consent, alleged plaintiff William Gress’ class action Tuesday (docket 1:24-cv-01641) in U.S. District Court…
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for Northern Illinois in Chicago. The Embroidery Shoppe either negligently or willfully violated the rights of Gress and other recipients in sending the faxes, said the complaint. The TCPA “expressly prohibits” unsolicited fax advertising because it damages the recipients, who are deprived of paper and toner and the authorized use of their fax machines, it said. There’s “no reasonable means” for Gress or other recipients to avoid receiving illegal fax advertisements, it said. Fax machines “must be left on and ready to receive the urgent communications authorized by their owners,” it said.