US PayPal users face marketing robot cold calls

User u/slowboarding on reddit gave a good explanation for why this policy is in place:

"Here is to Hoping this doesn't get buried because I know EXACTLY why they are doing this. TCPA legislation is ridiculous and it basically prevents the use of auto dialers for anything including texting or calling you when explicit consent is given. Look up some of the lawsuits on this stuff it's bull. For instance if you give PayPal your number and explicit consent to text it and lets say you fat fingered it and they text the wrong number. That's a $1500-$5000 fine for them for ONE mistake and that's not including legal costs when someone sues them for it. And there are a TON of scumbags suing for this right now. To;Dr- they're not evil they are protecting against people who make a living filing lawsuits on outdated TCPA legislation."[1]

[1] - http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/38hkhb/paypal_ac...