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The do-not-call list was slated to take effect on October 1, 2003, but two federal district court decisions almost delayed it. One from Oklahoma was overcome by special legislation giving the FTC specific jurisdiction over the matter.
Congress suggested that the FCC's do-not-call regulations "may require the establishment and operation of a single national database." [6] The FCC did not adopt a single national database but rather required each company to maintain its own do-not-call database. [7] The FCC's initial do-not-call list regulations were ineffective at proactively ...
Register on the National Do Not Call Registry: Put your phone number on the Federal Do Not Call Registry. This won’t stop all scams, but it could minimize the calls you get.
A do not call list or do not call registry is a list of personal phone numbers that are off-limits to telemarketers in some countries. Do not call lists may also be ...
The National Do Not Call registry -- that list that stops telemarketers from interrupting dinner -- has now topped 200 million phone numbers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced. Started ...
While joining the Federal Do Not Call Registry and reporting “Can you hear me?” calls to the FTC can help reduce our exposure to these calls, here are four other phone scams to be aware of.
The bureau also is responsible for the United States National Do Not Call Registry. Under the FTC Act, the commission has the authority, in most cases, to bring its actions in federal court through its own attorneys. In some consumer protection matters, the FTC appears with, or supports, the U.S. Department of Justice.
Some 25,000 complaints of the federal Do not call law has finally led to the source of an estimated 370 million sales calls the Federal Trade Commission said were illegal. The federal government ...