FTC Rules Outlawing Robocalls Go Into Effect Next Week

coondoggie writes "Nearly a year after announcing the plan, new Federal Trade Commission rules prohibiting most robocalls are set to take effect Tuesday, Sept. 1. With the rules, prerecorded commercial telemarketing robocalls will be prohibited, unless the telemarketer has obtained permission in writing from consumers who want to receive such calls. Hopefully the rules will go a long way to helping consumers eat dinner in peace without being interrupted by amazingly annoying telemarketer blather or in this case prerecorded blather. The requirement is part of amendments to the agency's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that were announced a year ago. After September 1, sellers and telemarketers who transmit prerecorded messages to consumers who have not agreed in writing to accept such messages will face penalties of up to $16,000 per call."

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Re:slow down

[Anonymous Coward]

Huh?

OK... let me try... the Left induces a pathology in approximately 67%, no 53%, no 51%... well, looking at that trend, with luck, only 33% on the other stupid extreme will be "pathological"... hopefully less...

Re:Definition of "in writing"?

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a pre-existing relationship with your mother's vagina. And I'm not your sibling.