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The Registry only contains phone numbers, no other personally identifiable information, and we do not keep a record of whether the numbers are land line or cell phones. There are some exemptions to the Do Not Call rules. Because of the limits to FTC’s authority, the Registry does not apply to political calls or calls from non-profits and ...
Public Law No. 108-82 expressly authorizes the FTC under Section 3 (a) (3) (A) of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to implement and enforce a Do-Not-Call Registry, and ratified the Registry provision of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 310.4 (b) (1) (iii). The Implementation Act has been amended by ...
The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book contains aggregate data about phone numbers on the Registry, telemarketers and sellers accessing the Registry, and Do Not Call complaints by complaint topic and type (i.e., robocall or live caller). This year, Do Not Call data are also available online in an interactive format, with updates provided ...
The National Do Not Call Registry does not provide EINs. Before registering on the National Do Not Call Registry, a company located outside the US must first contact the IRS to obtain an EIN. International applicants can contact the IRS to apply for their EIN by calling (267) 941-1099 (Not a toll-free number).
The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, nearly three million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total close to 245 million phone numbers.
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 151 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, robocall, spoofed caller ID, and assisting and facilitating violations. To date, 147 of these FTC enforcement actions have been ...
Robocalls | Federal Trade Commission. Our mission is protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education. Lina M. Khan was sworn in as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, 2021. Competition and Consumer Protection ...
The Commission also publishes an annual Do Not Call Registry Data Book that provides substantial detail on registration numbers and other statistical information about the Registry. Similar information is also available the FTC’s Tableau public page , which is updated regularly and allows users to interact with the data to drill down to state ...
The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, over 2.5 million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total to more than 246 million phone numbers.
XCast Labs, Inc., U.S. v. The FTC sued to stop a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider, XCast Labs, Inc., that continued to funnel hundreds of millions of illegal robocalls through its network, even after receiving multiple warnings. On January 2, 2024, XCast Labs, Inc., agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it funneled ...