IP: FTC Moving To Restrict Telemarketers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
>
> FTC Moving To Restrict Telemarketers
>
> By Caroline E Mayer, Washington Post
> WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.,
> 22 Jan 2002, 6:31 AM CST
>
> The Federal Trade Commission today plans to propose new rules for
> reducing the annoyance of unwanted telephone solicitations as it
> begins to push for the establishment of a national "do-not-call"
> registry.
>
> With a registry, people could make a single call to get their names
> removed from many telemarketing lists. The agency is also expected to
> propose that telemarketers be barred from blocking any identifying
> information from caller-ID equipment so people would be able to know
> who is calling.
>
> Additionally, sources said the FTC will seek to bar telemarketers
> from exchanging any billing information about their customers. This
> ban is designed to reduce the growing number of complaints about
> unauthorized charges on credit card bills.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173813.html

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