What legal restrictions are there on the use of facsimile devices?
***** FCC January 11, 1993 Public Notice ***** FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC NOTICE (31291 / DA 92-1716) January 11, 1993 INDUSTRY BULLETIN TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS, AUTODIALED AND ARTIFICIAL OR PRERECORDED VOICE MESSAGE TELEPHONE CALLS, AND THE USE OF FACSIMILE MACHINES The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a federal statute that was enacted on December 20, 1991, to address concerns about the growing volume of unsolicited telephone marketing calls and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded telephone calls. The TCPA imposes restrictions on the use of automatic telephone dialing systems (“autodialers”), artificial or prerecorded voice messages, and telephone facsimile machines to send unsolicited advertisements. The TCPA also directs the FCC to adopt regulations to protect residential telephone subscribers’ privacy rights to avoid receiving telephone solicitations to which they object. The FCC adopted rules and regulations,
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a federal statute that was enacted on December 20, 1991, to address concerns about the growing volume of unsolicited telephone marketing calls and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded telephone calls. The TCPA imposes restrictions on the use of automatic telephone dialing systems (“autodialers”), artificial or prerecorded voice messages, and telephone facsimile machines to send unsolicited advertisements. The TCPA also directs the FCC to adopt regulations to protect residential telephone subscribers’ privacy rights to avoid receiving telephone solicitations to which they object.The FCC adopted rules and regulations, effective December 20, 1992, implementing the TCPA. The FCC will be monitoring complaints about automated calls and unwanted telephone solicitations to determine whether additional action to limit or to prohibit such calls would be appropriate.
