![]() ![]() ![]() In its first set of regulations following the passage of the TCPA, the FCC opted not to create a national list and, instead, mandated that “telephone solicitors maintain company-specific lists of residential subscribers who request not to receive further solicitations. 4Īmong other provisions, the TCPA authorized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations which “may require the establishment and operation of a single national database to compile a list of telephone numbers of residential subscribers who object to receiving telephone solicitations.” 5 ![]() In 1991, finding that “any consumers are outraged over the proliferation of intrusive, nuisance calls to their homes from telemarketers” Congress amended the Communications Act of 1934 by adding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Well into the second decade of the Do Not Call era, it is a good time to take a look back at where Do Not Call began, where Do Not Call is now, and why Do Not Call does not seem to be stopping unwanted calls anymore. More than 60 federal, state, and private stakeholders participated in the event, which grows each year as mass-dialing and texting become more prevalent. In April 2016, Missouri and Indiana co-hosted the third annual No-Call Law Enforcement Summit to keep informed of the latest cases and regulations affecting Do Not Call issues and to provide training in investigation and litigation techniques. Each month, state attorney general representatives, along with other state, federal, and Canadian agencies hold a conference call to discuss Do Not Call enforcement lawsuits, investigations, and the latest scams. Even if many of these calls were debt collection, scams, and other non-telemarketing calls, 2.4 billion is a lot of unwelcome calls.ĭo Not Call is the number one topic on many of our constituents’ minds. 3 According to ’s Robocall Index, over 2.4 billion, yes billion, robocalls occurred in the month of June 2016 alone. Wrong! The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received 3.5 million complaints about unwanted calls in fiscal year 2015. With such widespread opposition to telemarketing calls, telemarketers should have gone the way of the dinosaurs by now, right? 2 Every number on a Do Not Call list represents at least one consumer who does not wish to receive telemarketing calls. Sweeney, Section Chief, Telephone Privacy Section, Consumer Protection Division & Justin Shuhmacher, Law Clerk, Consumer Protection Division, Indiana Attorney General’s OfficeĪs of September 2015, there were 222 million numbers on the National Do Not Call registry 1 and nearly 2.5 million numbers on the Indiana Do Not Call list. ![]()
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