House Passes Protections Against Telemarketers
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 90, the Know Your Caller Act. The bill, introduced by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-PA), requires commercial solicitors to send caller ID information to call recipients. The bill also prohibits commercial solicitors from interfering with or circumventing caller ID systems. Individuals who receive telemarketing calls that have missing or blocked caller ID data can sue in their local courthouse for minimum damages of $500.H.R. 90 The Know Your Caller Act of 2001, THOMAS Database.
House Passes Bill Banning Circumvention of Caller ID, Tech Law Journal, December 5, 2001.
