by Jeff Sovern
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[T]the bureau proposal would invade consumer privacy by allowing collectors to bombard consumers with demands for payment. Under the proposal, debt collectors could try the consumer’s phone number seven times a week and leave voicemails each time. That may not sound too bad, but the CFPB reports that nearly 75% of consumers with a debt in collection also have other debts in collection, meaning that such consumers could be overwhelmed with calls from multiple collectors. * * *
Add in that the proposal does not limit the number of texts and emails individual collectors could send, and the result might be that consumers, far from receiving occasional reminders that they owe a debt, flinch when their phone vibrates with a call, text, or email.
