B
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$500
$500 -- tcpa penalty per violation for TCPA telemarketing violations (2026)
Statutory TCPA penalties start at $500 per violation.
- Statutory baseline penalty for negligent violations; willful/knowing violations can reach up to $1,500
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$500
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Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Federal Communications Commission
Primary
Tier B
https://biglysales.com/ftc-fcc-ai-calling-rules/ ↗
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FTC and FCC AI Calling Rules for Sales Teams in 2026
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Federal Communications Commission
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Methodology
Statutory penalty range: $500 per negligent violation, up to $1,500 per willful/knowing violation; no aggregate cap
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryFinTech
RegionUS
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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TCPA telemarketing violations: $500 tcpa penalty per violation. Source: Federal Communications Commission (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/tcpa-penalty-per-violation-2026
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