[opendtv] Do Not Call register 5 year expiration time removed
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:44:14 -0400
Hooray!
Looks like all of the Commissioners agree on this one.
The recent action on interactive TV, to protect children from
overzealous marketers, makes me think that this same type of restiction
will be seen favorably there too, applied more generally than just to
"protect kids." Depending how obtrusive the interactivity becomes.
Bert
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http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-282946A1.pdf
For Immediate Release: News Media Contact:
June 17, 2008 Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
e-mail: rosemary.kimball@xxxxxxx
RULES AMENDED TO REQUIRE TELEMARKETERS TO HONOR DO-NOT-CALL
LIST REGISTRATIONS INDEFINITELY
Original Rules Provided for Five Year Registration Period
Washington, DC -- The Federal Communications Commission has amended its
rules to require telemarketers to honor registrations with the National
Do-Not-Call Registry indefinitely. The previous rules provided that
registrations would expire after five years.
This action is consistent with Congress's mandate in the Do-Not-Call
Improvement Act of 2007, which prohibits the removal of numbers from the
Registry unless the consumer cancels the registration or the number has
been disconnected and reassigned or is otherwise invalid. The Federal
Trade Commission has already committed to retain numbers on the Registry
indefinitely.
This rule change serves to minimize the inconvenience to consumers of
having to reregister their phone numbers every five years and furthers
the underlying goal of the Registry to protect consumer privacy rights.
To enhance the accuracy of the Registry, the Commission encourages
telephone companies to convey information on disconnected and reassigned
numbers to the FTC, the administrator of the Registry, in a timely and
accurate manner. The Commission also said it will continue to coordinate
with the FTC on additional ways to improve the Registry's accuracy.
Action by the Commission June 11, 2008, by Report and Order (FCC
08-147). Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps, Adelstein, Tate and
McDowell, with Chairman Martin and all Commissioners issuing separate
statements.
- FCC -
CG Docket No. 02-278
CGB contact: Lynne Montgomery at (202) 418-2229
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