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The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book For Fiscal Year 2009
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Fiscal Year 2009
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Nov04
Public Forum on Debt Relief Amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule
Participants at this one-day forum, held on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, discussed the proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule to address debt relief services.
FTC Stops Two Deceptive Telemarketing Operations
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Two telemarketing operations targeted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a major law enforcement sweep last year must stop the deceptive tactics they allegedly used to trick consumers into...
DIRECTV, Comcast to Pay Total of $3.21 Million for Entity-Specific Do Not Call Violations
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Satellite television provider DIRECTV, and Comcast Corp., one of the nation’s largest providers of cable and Internet services, have agreed to pay a total of $3.21 million to settle separate Federal...
FTC Charges Dish Network, Formerly Known as EchoStar, with Multiple Do Not Call Violations
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The U.S. Department of Justice, at the Federal Trade Commission’s request, filed suit today in federal district court charging that satellite television provider Dish Network, directly and through its...
Do Not Call Registrations Permanent and Fees Telemarketers Pay to Access Registry Set
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Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. More than 157 million...
The Truth About Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...
The Truth About Cell Phones And The Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...
The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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As the number of phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry surpassed 139 million, the Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on...
The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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As the number of phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry surpassed 125 million, the Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on...
The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...
The Truth about Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry
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NOTE: Subsequent to the issuance of this press release, Congress eliminated the five-year time limit on Do Not Call registrations. R egistrations never expire. Once you add a number to the Do Not Call...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a strong opinion upholding the constitutionality of the FTC's Do Not Call Registry. To date, consumers have registered 57.8 million phone numbers on the...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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Yesterday, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado held that a Do Not Call registry allowing consumers to avoid receiving commercial telemarketing calls is unconstitutional...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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Today, the Congress has once again ratified the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a National Do Not Call Registry. I always have believed that the FTC had clear authority to...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission issued rules creating the National Do Not Call Registry under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. On February 13, 2003, the...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris Regarding the FCC's Update of Rules Concerning The National Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Communications Commission today showed how agencies of the federal government can work together, each using their particular jurisdiction and expertise, to protect U.S. consumers. I...
Jan11
Public Forum on the Telemarketing Sales Rule: "Do-Not-Call"
The public forum reviewed the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The "do-not-call" provision prohibits sellers or telemarketers from calling persons who have...
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