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Do Not Call List May be Permanent Soon
Posted on Feb 11, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Under the somewhat misleading title "Congress Makes 'Do Not Call' List Permanent", Consumer Affairs.com reports that Congress (House and Senate) have voted for a bill entitled the Do Not Call Improvement Act of 2007 and now it goes to the President who can sign it into law.
The "Do Not Call Improvement Act of 2007," passed in the Senate yesterday by unanimous consent, would bar removal of any number from the federal "Do Not Call" registry "unless the number is invalid, disconnected, or reassigned; or the individual to whom the number is assigned so requests."
The legislation also requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which oversees the registry, to make periodic sweeps of the list for invalid or disconnected numbers, and to report to Congress on its efforts to keep the list up-to-date.
The FTC had originally planned to start purging the registry of numbers unless subscribers renewed their registration after five years, but the agency later backtracked and said it would support maintaining the registry permanently.
So this means that if you have used our MyTruston service to stop telemarketing calls, you don't have to worry about it expiring (as long as the number remains assigned to you). Although, myTruston was automatically designed to remind you any way! However, keep in mind that there are exemptions from the Do Not Call list, such as many non-profits, and also, there are certainly some telemarketers that do not abide by the laws.
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