[asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:44:50AM -0600, Anthony Francis wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:15:58AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
> >> I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various 
> >> telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are 
> >> generated from leads that come from customer-provided information, but 
> >> where the customer does not know explicitly that they are signing up to 
> >> receive calls.
> >>
> >> For instance, this is common in a number of industries such as financial 
> >> services.  You do a search to get a quote on something, and provide your 
> >> phone number in the process, although the phone number bears no relation 
> >> to the submission and is just an ancillary required item.  Several 
> >> places' telemarketing organisations call you back in response.  For 
> >> example, lendingtree.com.
> >>
> >> Is this a "solicited" call?
> >
> > In order to classify that as a solicited call, I believe, you have to
> > have language *on the form the customer fills out* that says they're
> > authorizing you to call, and you have to be able to produce
> > ink-on-paper if the FTC ever calls you on it.
> >
> > IANAL.  YMMV.
> >   
> Actually in the US all you have to do is provide some proof of a 
> business relationship with them. Companes get away with calling you if 
> you have ever bought even one item from them.

Which doesn't actually speak to the situation about which Alex asked,
and I posited.

Cheers,
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