Colorado’s PTFA Litigation Wave: Liability for Listing Cell Phone Numbers Without Consent and Why It Puts Data Brokers at Risk

Colorado’s PTFA Litigation Wave: Liability for Listing Cell Phone Numbers Without Consent and Why It Puts Data Brokers at Risk

If you list cellphone numbers in a directory for a commercial purpose without consent, you could be liable under the Colorado Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-304(4)(a)(I). A new class action filed in federal court in Colorado pursues exactly this claim, the latest in a wave of similar complaints filed against companies over the last couple of years.What the law says Under the Colorado statute: On or after September …