---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 10.280"
title: "47"
number: "10.280"
heading: "Subscribers' right to opt out of WEA notifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/10.280"
---

# §10.280. Subscribers' right to opt out of WEA notifications.

- (a) CMS providers may provide their subscribers with the option to opt out of the “Child Abduction Emergency/AMBER Alert,” “Imminent Threat Alert” and “Public Safety Message” classes of Alert Messages.
- (b) CMS providers shall provide their subscribers with a clear indication of what each option means, and provide examples of the types of messages the customer may not receive as a result of opting out.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 54525, Sept. 22, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16808, Mar. 19, 2013; 81 FR 75725, Nov. 1, 2016]

### Source

Source: 73 FR 54525, Sept. 22, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 154(n), 201, 301, 303(b), 303(e), 303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 307, 309, 316, 403, 544(g), 606, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, and 1206. Link to an amendment published at 88 FR 86836, Dec. 15, 2023.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 43117, July 24, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 54525, Sept. 22, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16808, Mar. 19, 2013; 81 FR 75725, Nov. 1, 2016]