Are there any laws concerning junk faxes?
Yes! Unsolicited faxes are illegal as outlined in the Telephone Protection Act of 1991. NEVER respond to an unsolicited fax. You may have seen faxes that say something like, “If you have received this in error ” or “If you would like to have your name removed ” These faxes are still illegal. No amount of wording or qualifiers gives the fax broadcaster the rights to use your resources — your time, fax paper, line time or fax machine — for the purposes of advertising to you without your explicit permission. By doing so, they are willfully violating federal law and are subject to severe fines for each occurrence.. Back to top…
