On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:44:50AM -0600, Anthony Francis wrote: > 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. > > > 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.
Which doesn't actually speak to the situation about which Alex asked, and I posited. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Josef Stalin) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users