Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Understanding and enforcement of federal consumer protection

In 2003, the federal government has recognized that the people of junk mail, telemarketing calls were tired, and unsolicited e-mail and fax. The FTC has failed to call the program and the Do Not Call registry, so that consumers can have their names removed from telemarketing lists. You can also pre-recorded message on his voice mail, telemarketing, which are not the do not call list and the seller can finish telling the conversation.

To register or obtainSee http://www.donotcall. Gov or call 1-888-382-1222 from the phone you want to register. They are not telemarketing calls within three months after registering your number. Your block telemarketing calls to stay in the registry for five years, unless the phone is disconnected or you take from the registry. You can renew your subscription, after five years

The consumer, the consumer has the ability to stop pre-approved mail offers of credit for twoYears. Consumers can call 1-888-5-OPTOUT (567-8688) for more information and for the three banks offer a free phone number that you receive an opt-out to allow pre-approved credit offers. You must notify all three credit bureaus do not share personal data for advertising purposes they want. The FTC offers a sample letter to send the letter to be used Equifax Inc., Experian and TransUnion.

Consumers can also reduce the e-mail and e-mailRegister with the Direct Marketing Associtin, and their names will be placed on a file to delete. All direct-mail marketing, that members of the DMA Mail Preference Service, are to be noted that the consumer does not want direct marketing material. To register with DMA, http://www.the-dma.org/consumers/offmailinglist.html to register online or send a letter to:

Direct Marketing Association

Mail Preference Service

PO Box 643

Caramel, NY 10512th

How to complyConsumer Protection Laws

If you marketing or sending facsimiles, it must act in accordance with the FCC Junk Fax Prevention Your facsimile must contain opt-out provision that the recipient a chance to say anything to send. Following is proposed opt-out language for you is to have commercial faxes to the FCC language specific

The recipient of this facsimile may require that the sender not to send future documents similar to adesignated fax (s). The sender is not in the shortest reasonable time after being requested of the recipient is illegal. The elimination of more facsimile advertisements from this sender, please call fax or e-mail ___________, _____________, _______________ at any time, any day of the week.

If you send commercial e-mail, which has the CAN-SPAM Act of 2005 came into force, that an opt-out provision in the e-mail is received with the followingLanguage:

1. Back a legitimate e-mail and physical mailing address;

2. a clear and prominent beneficiary of the right to opt out and refuse to receive future communications;

3. E-mail address or other mechanism through which the recipient can not ask to receive future emails from the sender, should long for at least 30 days active, after the e-mail is sent and

4. a clear and prominent warning that the message is an advertisement orPrompt.

Jo Ann Joy, Esq., MBA, CEO
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Jo Ann, you can call (602) 663-7007, by fax at (602) 324-7582, e-mail to joannjoy @ Indigo Business Development and Solutions.net via e-mail to: 2313 East Ocotillo Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016th

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