A donation programme must disclose that it solicits donations
The requirementstatement
Where the programme solicits donations, the point of consent must say so.
- Severityseverity
- HighHIGHRejected by at least one carrier or provider, and a common cause of failure at the rest.
- When it bitesphase
- Gates approvalapprovalGet this wrong and the brand or campaign is refused at registration.
- What is checkedobject
- consent disclosure text
- Where it liveslayer
- Consent flowCONSENT_FLOW
- How Ekas settles itdetectability
- AI · crawlCRAWL
- Needs your live site or policy page fetched and read. Ekas crawls it the way a reviewer would.
- What the fix involvesfailureClass
- Fix the websiteTERMINAL_WEBSITE
- The fix lives on your site. No amount of rewording the form clears it.
- Who requires itauthorities
- InfobipBandwidthTelnyx
- When it appliesapplicabilityText
- Applies when the use case is CHARITY and POLITICAL.
Why this rule existsrationale
A supporter who signed up for news about a charity's work did not agree to be asked for money, and the ask is the message most likely to be reported when it was not expected. Saying it at the outset costs a clause and converts the complaint into an opt-out that never happens.
How to fix itremediation
Add donation solicitation to the message-type disclosure at the point of consent, and use the same wording in the campaign description. Done when the consent sentence names fundraising alongside whatever else the programme sends.
A compliant exampleexample
☐ Text me Riverside Shelter updates and occasional donation requests. Msg frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to unsubscribe.
Common mistakespitfalls
- A charity that sends both service information and appeals owes separate opt-ins for the two, so adding the donation clause to a single combined control fixes this rule and fails CON-SCOPE-SPLIT.
Rules you will hit next
6 other rules read consent disclosure text. Fixing one field to satisfy a single rule is how a resubmission trades one rejection for another, so read these before you change anything.
CON-060The opt-in language must actually say SMS or text messageBlockingBLOCKINGCON-080The disclosure must name the programme the consumer is joiningBlockingBLOCKINGCON-123Every entity allowed to send must be named in the consentBlockingBLOCKINGCON-125Consent must not be claimed on behalf of unnamed partnersBlockingBLOCKINGCON-DISC-BRANDConsent disclosure must identify the sending brand by nameBlockingBLOCKINGCON-DISC-NOT-CONDITIONPromotional consent must state it is not a condition of purchaseBlockingBLOCKING
CON-166 is one of 101 consent flow rules in the 915-rule 10DLC registry. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.