 TITLE: What Is the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? CONTENT: How Does the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Work?\n-----------------------------------------------------\nThe FDCPA not only provides a variety of consumer protections from abusive debt collection activities, but also sets the rules that apply to debt collectors. To understand the FDCPA, it's important to understand three major components of the law: who it applies to, how it regulates debt collector communication and the practices it prohibits. END