| Comment Number: | OL-100093 |
| Received: | 11/20/2004 1:24:33 PM |
| Organization: | Capital District Humanist Society |
| Commenter: | Dana Riell |
| State: | NY |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
On November 12th, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a major loophole in the National Do Not Call Registry, which has brought relief from telemarketing calls to 64 million households. Specifically, the proposed rule will “allow telemarketers to use prerecorded messages when they call consumers with whom they have an established business relationship.” According to the new proposed rule -- even if you have signed up for the National Do Not Call Registry -- a company could make prerecorded “robo calls” to your home if you have an “established business relationship” – meaning that you bought something from a company during the last 18 months, or inquired about their products during the last three months. I would like to defend my home from corporate marketers who have no respect for me or my privacy. Therefore, I strongly object to the FTC’s new proposed rule to allow telemarketers to make prerecorded “robo calls.”