The TCR support team is insisting that I add an SMS opt-in checkbox to my website contact form because we collect phone numbers. However, we only collect these numbers to make calls, not to send texts, and we don’t want to obtain SMS consent through the form. Our privacy policy explicitly states: “Consent for SMS communication is not collected through our website; it is implied only when a customer initiates contact by texting us.”

Since we don’t text these numbers collected on the form, and our privacy policy clarifies this, adding an opt-in checkbox would be contradictory.

Can anyone clarify why RingCentral is requiring an SMS opt-in checkbox in this case? We only use SMS for internal purposes, 2FA, or when responding to customers who text us first, and it’s limited to just three numbers.