888-965-8850 replaced 888-428-8567 and 888-857-3945
This legislation gives the FTC and state attorneys general law enforcement tools to combat telemarketing fraud, gives consumers added privacy protections and defenses against unscrupulous telemarketers, and helps consumers tell the difference between fraudulent and legitimate telemarketing.
One significant amendment to the TSR prohibits calling consumers who have put their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. Another change covers the solicitation of charitable contributions by for-profit telemarketers.
Other key provisions:
*require disclosures of specific information
*prohibit misrepresentations
*limit when telemarketers may call consumers
*require transmission of Caller ID information
*prohibit abandoned outbound calls, subject to a safe harbor
*prohibit unauthorized billing
*set payment restrictions for the sale of certain goods and services
Sellers and Telemarketers Must Disclose Material Information
The Rule requires sellers and telemarketers, whether making outbound calls to consumers or receiving inbound calls from consumers, to provide certain material information before the consumer pays for the goods or services that are the subject of the sales offer. Material information is information that would likely affect a person’s choice of goods or services or the person’s decision to make a charitable contribution. More simply, it is information a consumer needs to make an informed decision about whether to purchase goods or services or make a donation. Sellers and telemarketers may provide the material information either orally or in writing. Failure to provide any of the required information truthfully and in a “clear and conspicuous” manner, before the consumer pays for the goods or services offered, is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice that violates the Rule and subjects a seller or telemarketer to a civil penalty of $16,000 for each violation.
888-965-8850 replaced 888-428-8567 and 888-857-3945
This legislation gives the FTC and state attorneys general law enforcement tools to combat telemarketing fraud, gives consumers added privacy protections and defenses against unscrupulous telemarketers, and helps consumers tell the difference between fraudulent and legitimate telemarketing.
One significant amendment to the TSR prohibits calling consumers who have put their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. Another change covers the solicitation of charitable contributions by for-profit telemarketers.
Other key provisions:
*require disclosures of specific information
*prohibit misrepresentations
*limit when telemarketers may call consumers
*require transmission of Caller ID information
*prohibit abandoned outbound calls, subject to a safe harbor
*prohibit unauthorized billing
*set payment restrictions for the sale of certain goods and services
Sellers and Telemarketers Must Disclose Material Information
The Rule requires sellers and telemarketers, whether making outbound calls to consumers or receiving inbound calls from consumers, to provide certain material information before the consumer pays for the goods or services that are the subject of the sales offer. Material information is information that would likely affect a person’s choice of goods or services or the person’s decision to make a charitable contribution. More simply, it is information a consumer needs to make an informed decision about whether to purchase goods or services or make a donation. Sellers and telemarketers may provide the material information either orally or in writing. Failure to provide any of the required information truthfully and in a “clear and conspicuous” manner, before the consumer pays for the goods or services offered, is a deceptive telemarketing act or practice that violates the Rule and subjects a seller or telemarketer to a civil penalty of $16,000 for each violation.
Caller: mike alan Dirksen
Company: ampex medical supplies aka rivera medical company