Senators jump on PayPal user agreement

Four senators are pressing PayPal over a new user agreement that requires customers to automatically opt-in to robocalls when signing up for an account. The Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement bureau sent a warning to the payment processing company that its terms of service slated to take effect in July might violate the law.

“We share the FCC’s perspective and believe consumers should not have to agree to submit themselves to intrusive robocalls in order to use a company’s service,” the Senators wrote in a letter to the company that expressed "concern." The letter was signed by Sens Ed Markey (D-MA), Al Franken (D-MN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). “This new policy could adversely affect consumers by exposing them to a barrage of unwanted calls that are unstoppable unless consumers choose to discontinue using PayPal,” according to the senators.