| The original Rule contained a provision prohibiting | | | | make telephone calls to consumers on behalf of |
| calls from any consumer who previously asked | | | | sellers. Service providers are companies that offer |
| not to get calls from or on behalf of a particular | | | | services to sellers engaged in telemarketing |
| seller. The ammended rule retains that provision, | | | | transactions, such as providing lists of telephone |
| and adds a new one prohibiting calls to any | | | | numbers to call, or removing telephone numbers |
| numbers consumers have placed on the Do Not | | | | from sellers lists. |
| Call Registry maintained by the FTC. | | | | The FTC is preparing a fully automated and |
| Calling a consumer who has asked not to be called | | | | secure web site to provide members of the |
| potentially exposes a seller and telemarketer to a | | | | telemarketing industry with access to the National |
| civil penalty of $11,000 per violation. | | | | Registry's database of phone numbers, sorted by |
| The FTC's National Do Not Call Registry has been | | | | area code. The only consumer information |
| accepting registrations from consumers who | | | | available are telephone numbers. |
| choose not to receive telemarketing calls since | | | | Over half the states currently administer their |
| June 27, 2003. Consumer registrations are valid | | | | own Do Not Call Lists. Most of these states will |
| for five years or the number is disconnected. If | | | | add the numbers to the National Do Not Call |
| you registered your phone number(s) on this | | | | Registry. However, TSR does not preempt state |
| exact date like I did, you need to re-enter them | | | | law, so state law will also need to be checked. |
| before June 27, 2008 or everyone will start calling | | | | The purpose of the telemarketing sales rule is to |
| you again. | | | | combat telemarketing fraud, give consumers |
| Access to the National Registry is limited to | | | | added privacy protections and defenses against |
| sellers, telemarketers and other service providers. | | | | unscrupulous telemarketers, and help consumers |
| Sellers are companies that provide, offer to | | | | tell the difference between fraudulent and |
| provide, or arrange for others to provide goods | | | | legitimate telemarketing. |
| or services to a customer in return for some | | | | Experience the indescribable and unimaginable life |
| type of payment as part of a telemarketing | | | | of an Automotive F&I Manager: The new |
| transaction. Telemarketers are companies that | | | | site might be live when you first visit. |