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  2. Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    When Congress passed the TCPA in 1991, it delegated the do-not-call rules to the FCC. 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 ...

  3. National Do Not Call Registry - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened the National Do Not Call Registry in order to comply with the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–10 (text), was H.R. 395, and codified at 15 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq.), sponsored by Representatives Billy Tauzin and John Dingell and signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 11 ...

  4. Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

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    After the passage of the act, the Federal Trade Commission is required to (1) define and prohibit deceptive telemarketing practices; (2) keep telemarketers from practices a reasonable consumer would see as being coercive or invasions of privacy; (3) set restrictions on the time of day and night that unsolicited calls can be made to consumers ...

  5. Do not call list - Wikipedia

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    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 held privately by a company, listing numbers that they will not call.

  6. He’s in landline hell. So who should he call about a faulty ...

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    In 2003 Congress passed a law creating the do not call registry, listing telephone numbers of families demanding that telemarketers not contact them. I signed up that year and just verified I am ...

  7. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 - Wikipedia

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    The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 is a law passed in 2003 establishing the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail. The law requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions.

  8. Consumer protection - Wikipedia

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    United States National Do Not Call Registry – allows US consumers to limit telemarketing calls they receive. Food and drug. Pure Food and Drug Act – led to the creation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate foods, drugs, and more. Communications

  9. Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 - Wikipedia

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    A facsimile advertisement containing a telephone number and an instruction to call if the recipient no longer wishes to receive such faxes, would constitute a "negative option" as the sender presumes consent unless advised otherwise. [14] and; the sender must honor all opt-out requests within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed thirty days).