How does Kentucky define “Telemarketing Company,” “Merchant,” and “Telephone Solicitation”?
Under KRS 367.46951 (13) a “telemarketing company” means a company whose primary business is to engage in telephone solicitation. Under KRS 367.46951 (7) a “merchant” means the individual or business entity offering consumer goods or services, an investment, business, or employment opportunity, or a consumer loan. Under KRS 367.46951 “telephone solicitation” means (a) A live or recorded communication sent by a telephone or message sent by facsimile machine to a residential, mobile, or telephone paging device telephone number, including a call by an automatic dialing or recorded message device, for the purpose of: (1) Soliciting a sale of consumer goods or services, offering an investment, business, or employment opportunity, or offering a consumer loan to the person called; (2) Obtaining information that will or may be used for the solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or services, the offering of an investment, business, or employment opportunity, or the offering of a consumer loan
