Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-29 Thread voip-asterisk
> enabling the recording of phone calls. Can Radio Shack be sued because it > sold someone a device they could plug into their phone and record calls? > Sure, anybody can get sued, but I doubt Radio Shack would actually be Yes, if the device is one that has no possible legal use according to t

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-29 Thread Peter Beckman
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Steve Totaro wrote: > Back on topic. I am no lawyer, but I think a disclaimer is fine, > maybe signed prior to giving the customer a listing of the laws, state > by state. Interesting. Nitzan emailed me (thanks!) and reminded me that Grand Central offers call recording.

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Totaro
ge- > From: asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ken Rice > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:01 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal I

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread Elliot Otchet
know if you'd like to discuss further of list. Elliot -Original Message- From: asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ken Rice Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:01 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject:

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread Ken Rice
Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US > > Hello, > > While there is only a requirement of single-party notification that a > conversation is being recorded at the federal level, there ar

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread Matt Florell
Hello, While there is only a requirement of single-party notification that a conversation is being recorded at the federal level, there are 12 states in the USA that have a requirement that all parties in a phone call must be notified that a call is recorded. Here is the list of those states: - Ca

Re: [asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread SIP
The answer is that, unfortunately for you, you can be sued regardless of what sort of waiver your customer signs. The argument being that your customer may not know all the applicable laws regarding his rights in the situation before he signs the waiver (waivers are not terribly effective prote

[asterisk-biz] Call Recording and Legal Issues in the US

2009-01-28 Thread Peter Beckman
I'm aware that in some states and in some cases there are differing rules about who and when a caller or callee can or cannot record a phone call. As a service provider, I can easily enable my users to record calls on demand, for only some of calls, or for all calls. The question is, do I need to