Posts Tagged ‘do not call’
Stop telemarketing calls (and sue if they keep calling)
If you do not already know about the National Do Not Call Registry, hie thee hither and put your name down. Once you are on the registry, telemarketers may not call you for five years. There are a couple of exceptions. Businesses may call you for 18 months after you have bought something from them [...]
Court fined two individuals and one corporation $530,000
The New Jersey District Court fined two individuals and one corporation $530,000 for calling consumers who registered with the national Do Not Call registry and for spoofing caller ID information. (Telemarketers are required to transmit accurate caller ID information or none at all.)
(Thanks, Jason!)
President W signed the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007
The blogosphere is buzzing with the news that President W signed the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 into law today, prohibiting the removal of phone numbers from the National Do Not Call Registry. If you have not done so already, add your number to the National Do Not Call Registry.
