An automated telephone call that does not make a sales pitch is not the kind of “robocall” that consumers may claim protection from under a telephone privacy law, a Trenton federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti tossed out a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit against a car dealership after finding that its automated call was meant to ask a customer about the quality of service and did not include an offer of goods or services.

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