FTC - The
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention
Act (TCFP)
- Telemarketing Sales Rule
Regulations
established
pursuant to the TCFP FCC - The
Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (The TCPA)
- Regulations created
pursuant to above (1992)
- Report & Order (1992) reasons for its
regulations, pursuant to the TCPA -
Memorandum
Opinion and Order (1995) Clarifying
some aspect of the TCPA - Order on
Further Reconsideration (1997) Amending
regs concerning junk faxes - Report
& Order (2003) Joining with the FTC
in creating a federal do-not-call list
Various privacy resources
- Recording junk
calls
- How best to do it. Which states allow
'single
party
consent' - Learn more about an organization you
want
to sue. Free web resources. - Your Medical Information Privacy.
Is it safe? Statutes, on a state-by-state basis. - Suing bill collectors that won't stop
calling.
One woman was awarded $10.2 million. - Tired of credit card junk mail /
calls?
One call can get you off such lists. .
Suing junk
callers / faxers
pursuant to the TCPA
- The legal
process.
A quick course. How to get evidence on the record. How to win. - State and Federal courts
A list of all courts, decisions, cases, rules, procedures, etc. - How to
decipher a
case citation / How to site a case in a legal
document
- Telemarketing call log sheet
Keep a paper record of violative junk calls you may receive. - Some junk
callers
claim to be exempt
from the federal do-not-call list'Vaporizing'
such claims. - When a telemarketer
trys to sidestep the lawa 'legal concept' to
put that
telemarketer back the 'liability' box. - Enigma telemarketing call log
software
Log info about junk calls with this software. - Sample Interrogatories
If you sue a junk caller, ask them questions, before trial. - One judge's written order:
reasons for awarding $2,000 to a Private Citizen member - Do-Not-Call policy.
Certain telemarketing firms must have one, and send it to you if
asked. - FCC
actions against junk faxers.
If you're suing one named here, this helps get triple damages. - Finding the
'legal' address of a telemarketing corporation - Finding the
registered agent of a telemarketing corporation .
About
Private Citizen,
Inc.
- Sample Invoice Billing a
telemarketer for calling
after we sent them your do-not-call request. - What we send
to
the telenuisance
industry,
on your behalf. - The Private
Citizen 'do-not-call'
Directory Some of the
firms sent your do-not-call request - The Private
Citizen Notice & Offer
It accompanies the
do-not-call
Directory - Sample letter
accompanying the
Private Citizen
Directory
.
Miscellaneous
- A simple, free
technology to stop
telemarketing hang-up callsDownload it here. Using this
technology on your answering machine will
likely
save you the $50 cost of a TeleZapper. - You may actually want to be on one of
these
lists. State unclaimed property lists. In 15
minutes I found four people I know, that are owed $$$. One of
them;
over
$650. - This
notice should stop
advertisers from posting ads on your door /
property
If it doesn't stop them - you may now be able to collect
some money
from
them for the privilege. - If you think a
telephone company
'slammed'
(changed) your service... Here's the phone
number to call that will immediately
tell
you who presently supplies your
telephone service.