| Comment Number: | OL-103971 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 7:04:03 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Konstantin Svist |
| State: | CA |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
I wish to protest this amendment on the grounds that it undermines the whole idea of the Do-Not-Call List. Firstly, it can be overly simple to argue that a business relation has been established; many times the consumer will not be aware of their business relation to the company in question. Secondly, the use of prerecorded messages significantly complicates consumer's ability to "opt-out" of receiving additional phonecalls in the future. Thirdly, any unlisted (in a phone book) phone numbers listed in Do-Not-Call List will once again become targets of telemarketing. This will cause owners of such numbers request removal from the Do-Not-Call List - adding provisions for doing that will result in a security vulnerability whereby unauthorized persons may remove the consumer's number from the list (the consumer will likely only notice the removal when telemarketing calls start coming in again and re-registration will only stop the calls after 3 additional months). Please do not amend the Do-Not-Call List as it is currently sufficient for the needs of the consumers it protects. Any alteration could easily result in its weakening. Thank you.