On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > THere is a national list maintained by the feds for what ever use it is.
That's semi-independent of the do-not-call lists telemarketers are required to maintain. The national DNC registry is relatively new, and has more exemptions. Organizations have been required to maintain their own DNC lists for decades, and *I think* only charities are exempt. >> You can collect penalties to the tune of something like $200 per violation. > > I thought the price of a mistake was much higher but hey $200 per call ... Okay, you made me look it up. :) $500 per incident. >... if I got it would be worth the time to get their number recorded and >reported to > the feds. I wonder who gets the money sure ain't us. $500 is the amount of money *you* can collect. See: United States Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, Part I, Section 227, clause (b)(3)(B). http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/usc_sec_47_00000227----000-.html#b_3 You can also sue for damages, in much larger amounts, but that's harder. You have to prove the damage, i.e, that you lost money. For the above, you just have to prove the violation. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
