Thrive Market class action claims company engages in ‘aggressive’ unsolicited marketing

Thrive Market class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Adina Ringler has filed a class action lawsuit against Thrive Market Inc.
• Why: Thrive Market allegedly engages in “aggressive” unsolicited text message marketing in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Where: The Thrive Market class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.

Thrive Market Inc. violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending numerous telemarketing text messages without the recipients’ consent, a class action lawsuit alleges.

“To promote its services, [Thrive Market] engages in aggressive unsolicited marketing, harming thousands of consumers in the process,” the Thrive Market class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Adina Ringler filed the Thrive Market class action lawsuit on Feb. 21, alleging that she has received numerous promotional text messages on her cell phone over the last few months.

She says she never provided Thrive Market with her express written consent to be contacted.

Thrive Market class action says texts sent without opt-out instructions

The Thrive Market text messages did not provide any instructions on how to opt out of future text messages, such as texting “STOP,” Ringler says.

Ringler points to the Principles and Best Practices manual published by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which requires message senders to provide instructions on how to opt out of future text messages.

CTIA notes that standardized “STOP” wording should be used for the opt-out instructions, but the message senders should recognize opt-out requests that use other language such as “end” “unsubscribe,” and “please opt me out.”

Plaintiff says she received Thrive Market texts even though her number is listed on the National Do Not Call Registry

Ringler says she received the Thrive Market text messages on her cell phone, even though she had registered the phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. 

The TCPA prohibits companies from sending telemarketing calls and texts to phone numbers registered on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Thrive Market class action lawsuit explains.

The telemarketing text messages “resulted in the invasion of privacy, harassment, aggravation, and disruption to the daily life of thousands of individuals,” according to the Thrive Market class action lawsuit.

Thrive Market could be liable for damages of $500 or more per each text message sent in violation of the TCPA, Ringler says.

Sirius XM is also facing a class action lawsuit alleging it placed unsolicited telemarketing calls in violation of the TCPA.

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Ringler is represented by Scott Edelsberg of Edelsberg Law PA.

The Thrive Market class action lawsuit is Adina Ringler v. Thrive Market Inc., Case No. 2:23-cv-01266, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division.

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