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Social Media Ban for Debt Collection in New York?

National Service Bureau

This bill was introduced to the state senate in February of this year, and the crux is that if approved, debt collectors would be prohibited from using social media to contact debtors. Here’s what SB 3803 says: [Principal creditors or agents may not] “use a social networking website as a means to collect on a consumer claim from a debtor.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

The proposed amendments include changing the definition of medical debt, allowing medical debtors to initiate contact and make voluntary payments, and preventing certain written communications from being sent via certified mail. Previously, Khan served as a legal advisor to former FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra.