Permission · scope · revocation

Consent & opt-out

A consumer-focused guide to what consent records can show, how current FCC opt-out rules work, and why STOP is important without being a complete legal conclusion.

01 · Preserve02 · Understand03 · Check sources

A useful starting point

Begin with the record, not the conclusion

Consent is evidence with a scope: who, what number, which messages, which seller, what disclosure, and what date. Revocation has its own record. Keeping both trails makes later source review more accurate.

Staging drafts

Review the source trail

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Coverage map

Questions this section follows

Research queue · not conclusions
  1. 01

    What happens after a consumer replies STOP?

  2. 02

    Which other words or methods can communicate revocation?

  3. 03

    How quickly must a covered request be honored under current rules?

  4. 04

    What should a consumer save from a quote, checkout, or enrollment form?

  5. 05

    Can one request reach multiple sellers or business units?

How we read the issue

Three editorial principles

Read the exact disclosure

The language next to the action, named seller, communication type, and telephone number matter more than a generic “I agreed.”

Timestamp the request

Preserve the instruction, reply, destination, confirmation, and later messages so timing can be checked.

Keep scope open

A sender, affiliate, vendor, and lead buyer may not share one suppression system. Trace which entity received what.