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Sunday, November 28, 2004
Law - Feds may open up do-not-call list to pre-recorded messages
The Chicago Sun-Times reported here yesterday that:
WASHINGTON -- The agency overseeing the national Do Not Call Registry is considering opening a loophole in the year-old program to allow companies to deliver ''pre-recorded message telemarketing.''The FTC goes on to say that customers who object to the recorded calls could "opt-out" (again) of receiving further calls. "The FTC has established the Web site https://secure.comment works.com/ftc-tsr for the public to comment on the proposed change by Jan. 20."The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington-based privacy watchdog, says the change could result in the 64 million people on the list being bombarded by ''answering-machine spam'' and other unwanted voices on voice mail.
''Even those enrolled in the Do Not Call Registry will be affected by the proposed loophole,'' the group said.
The Federal Trade Commission said it does not think the change would have any dramatic results.
(Thanks to this item on Slashdot.org for the link.)
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 28, 2004 10:32 AM
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