| Comment Number: | OL-103765 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 3:42:15 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Maneesh Pangasa |
| State: | AZ |
| 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:
I am not at all pleased with what I am hearing about the possibility that the Do Not Call Registry may be opened to some phone spam even in a limited fashion. I discovered this news through an online article which states "The agency overseeing the national Do Not Call Registry is considering opening a loophole to allow companies to deliver 'pre-recorded message telemarketing.' The effort is being organized by Allen Hile of the FTC's division of marketing practice." Furthermore, it says "know how you feel about it." "The proposed change specifies that recorded calls would be allowed only when an "established business relationship" "exists, but provisions like that tend to be stretched to absurdity." So do not open up the Do Not Call Registry to telemarketers in any way that allows them the ability to call people on the list. If possible I think phone SMS text message spam should also be detered through this list if possible. Congress should overturn the U.S. CAN SPAM Act, draft new legislation like that in the EU to opt-in to fight spam and pass it.