Are You Ready for Brazil’s New Data Protection Law?
27 December 2018
The Brazilian General Data Protection Law (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” or “LGPD”), passed by Congress on 14 August 2018, will come into effect on...
Blog: Chronicle of Data Protection | 11 December 2010
On December 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on how to address telemarketing practices designed to circumvent existing Caller ID rules, and how to make Caller ID a more useful tool for screening unwanted calls.
The FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) currently requires telemarketers to provide consumers who use Caller ID services with either the telemarketer’s telephone number or the number of the seller or charitable organization represented by the telemarketer. These rules are designed to encourage accountability and enable the FTC and law enforcement agencies to identify improper telemarketing practices (e.g., calling numbers from the Do Not Call registry). The FTC has initiated numerous enforcement actions in recent years, charging telemarketers with concealing their identities from consumers by using advanced technologies to block, “spoof,” or manipulate the names and numbers that appear on Caller ID.
The ANPR seeks comments on a number of Caller ID issues, including:
Comments on the ANPR are due on or before January 28, 2011.
(A special thanks to Aaron George for his assistance in preparing this entry.)