Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:15:58AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: > >> I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various >> telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are >> generated from leads that come from customer-provided information, but >> where the customer does not know explicitly that they are signing up to >> receive calls. >> >> For instance, this is common in a number of industries such as financial >> services. You do a search to get a quote on something, and provide your >> phone number in the process, although the phone number bears no relation >> to the submission and is just an ancillary required item. Several >> places' telemarketing organisations call you back in response. For >> example, lendingtree.com. >> >> Is this a "solicited" call? >> > > In order to classify that as a solicited call, I believe, you have to > have language *on the form the customer fills out* that says they're > authorizing you to call, and you have to be able to produce > ink-on-paper if the FTC ever calls you on it. > > IANAL. YMMV. > > Cheers, > -- jra > Actually in the US all you have to do is provide some proof of a business relationship with them. Companes get away with calling you if you have ever bought even one item from them.
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