The Federal Trade Commission will begin accepting registrations for its national do-not-call list tomorrow at 8 a.m. now that a federal appeals court has allowed the agency to resume administering the list.
The Federal Trade Commission planned to start accepting new registrations for its do-not-call list at 8 a.m. today now that a federal appeals court has allowed the agency to resume administering the list.
But industry groups like the Direct Marketing Association have vowed to keep fighting the list, and the DMA said it is considering all options in light of the court of appeals decision. Oral arguments regarding the legal challenge are scheduled for Nov. 10.
In a press conference Wednesday, FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris said that on Saturday, the Commission will start accepting complaints about new telemarketing calls from the first consumers who signed up.
Muris noted that telemarketers can get the list beginning Friday. Those who did not have the list before the shutdown must obey its restrictions by Oct. 17.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver permitted the FTC to administer the list while it determines whether the list violates marketers’ right to free speech (Direct Newsline, Oct. 8).
The appeals court is still weighing whether or not the list discriminates between for-profit and not-for-profit marketers. The latter are not subject to the list’s restrictions.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the DMA reiterated its arguments that the do-not-call list lacks proper authentication procedures in its Internet registration process, and that it does not act as a one-stop shop for both the federal list and state lists. The DMA also contended that it is not the federal government
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