Because Dell Financial Services is not a debt collector, it cannot be held to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal judge ruled, granting the company’s motion to dismiss.
Instead, Ashley Gager’s claims against the financial arm of the computer giant, stemming from its calls to her cellphone to collect on a debt she owed for equipment she financed in 2007, fall under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani of the Middle District of Pennsylvania held.
