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IP: FTC Moving To Restrict Telemarketers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:00:14 -0500
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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