Telemarketers Held Accountable ... In Theory

str83dge writes "The House of Representatives just passed H.R. 90 which amends the Telecommunications Act to prohibit telemarketers from circumventing caller ID. People can file suit against the telemarketers for minimum damages of $500. Privacy.org has a story here. Question: if they circumvent caller ID, won't it be difficult for the average person to determine who actually is calling them? Let's just hope they take this a step further and apply it to spammers. :)"

Comments

Re:Anyone filed?

[Masem]

It's a little early to be suing under this rule. It's only been passed by the House; the Senate needs to pass the same, then they need to resolve any differences, then they need the Prez' signature to get it into law.

At least, as a good thing, I would figure this would easily pass a Democrate Senate, and already has the blessing of the Republican House (which I would think would be more friendly to telemarkers than the Senate).

Re:No problem if they circumvent Caller ID

[GTRacer]

True dat!

I used to have a FirstUSA credit card and they sold our name to a list. Funny thing was, they had my wife's name on the card INORRECTLY, and as she was the primary, the telemarketing weasels would call asking for her by the wrong name - dead giveaway.

To make things more fun, they'd swear they WERE FirstUSA and all they needed was our address. Su-u-u-ure you're at FirstUSA Corporate...where do you think the bills get sent? Anyhoo, I cancelled FirstUSA and told a supervisor I didn't appreciate the telemarketers, the lies, and the fraudulent charges for "services" we never agreed to.

God Bless America!

GTRacer
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