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Robocalls : protecting consumers, efforts to eradicate and regulations / Nina N. Olsen, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Laws and legislation series.
- Laws and legislation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robocalls--United States.
- Robocalls.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Snova, [2020]
- Summary:
- The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)1 regulates robocalls. A robocall, also known as "voice broadcasting," is any telephone call that delivers a prerecorded message using an automatic (computerized) telephone dialing system, more commonly referred to as an automatic dialer or "autodialer". When the call is answered, the autodialer either connects the call to a live person or plays a prerecorded message. Both are considered robocalls. Some robocalls use personalized audio messages to simulate an actual personal phone call. As discussed in more detail below (in "Classification of Telemarketing Calls"), the TCPA prohibits robocalls to: consumers' traditional landline numbers; consumers' Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) landline numbers; and all mobile numbers. Robocalls to business landlines are not covered by the TCPA.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5361-7671-0
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