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zata|3 featured case study

consumer advocacy inbound hotline

Background

In July 2007, the US House of Representatives was considering an identity theft bill (HR 3997). The bill pitted consumer advocates against list vendors, credit bureaus, and banking interests who wanted limited notification in the event of identify theft.

Our client, a leading consumer advocate organization, wanted legislation guaranteeing consumer notification when a company or government agency loses personal information. They also wanted to provide consumers the right to place a security freeze on their credit files in the case of lost information.

The Need

Our goal was to generate enough pressure on members of Congress to delay the legislation until after the summer recess in order to give our grassroots activists an opportunity to influence Congressmen when they returned to their districts.

Our Solution

We used an inbound, automated operator patch through system to aid consumer activists in reaching out to their representatives.

Our system sorted the callers by their area code and three digit...
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Lisa Bianco, Campaign Manager, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, 2010
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Lisa Bianco, Campaign Manager, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, 2010