do not call

The maker of a popular scooter used by seniors and the disabled has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally called millions of consumers whose numbers were listed on the national Do Not Call Registry. Electric Mobility Corporation, manufacturer...

Privacy continues to be a big concern for users as they browse the web. The recent FTC report on online privacy called for a means of giving consumers more control over their information, recommending a "Do Not Track" feature to allow users to opt out of the tracking that is used to deliver...

If you can't stand telemarketers and want to give them a dose of their own medicine, we've got a recipe for how you can fight back and even profit from them overstepping boundaries. Thanks to attorney Steve Ostrow, who has won lawsuits against telemarketers for fun and profit, and is now the...

Some 25,000 complaints of the federal Do not call law has finally led to the source of an estimated 370 million sales calls the Federal Trade Commission said were illegal. The federal government sued California-based SBN Peripherals and accused the company of being behind calls that peppered...

New rules to be implemented by the federal government could result in less dinner-time indigestion for millions of Americans frequently disrupted by automated phone calls offering time shares, extended product warranties or any manner of other products.The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday...

On December 1, the Federal Trade Commission closed one of the major loopholes that were still open to telemarketers. Although the 2003 Do-Not-Call Implementation Act made it illegal for telemarketers to contact registered phone numbers, the law did not extend to charities and companies with whom...

Last week, a bill that would enhance the current federal do-not-call registry passed the House of Representatives. The bill is officially titled: "The Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007." The next step is passing the Senate, and this bill would be a definite improvement for consumers.Currently,...