ENFORCEMENT OF THE DO NOT CALL REGISTRY

The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 105 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, abandoned call, robocall and Registry violations. The Mortgage Investors litigation produced the largest settlement for Do Not Call violations, resulting in civil penalty payments of $7.5 million. To date, 80 of these FTC enforcement actions have been resolved, and in those cases the agency has recovered over $41 million in civil penalties and $33 million in redress or disgorgement.

HIDEPRESS RELEASES

• FTC Issues Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry (December 31, 2015)
• FTC Amends Telemarketing Rule to Ban Payment Methods Used by Scammers (November 18, 2015)
• FTC Update: Telemarketer Fees for the Do Not Call Registry Will Not Increase in FY 2016(September 29, 2015)
• FTC Returns Money to Consumers in Credit Card Interest Rate Scam (July 30, 2015)
• Two Defendants in Cross-Border Telemarketing Scheme Settle FTC Charges (February 3, 2015)
• Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment in FTC Case Against Dish Network, Finding the Company Liable for Tens of Millions of Telemarketing Violations (January 21, 2015)
• Operators of Scheme That Targeted Hispanic Consumers Are Banned From Telemarketing Under Settlement with FTC (January 13, 2015)
• FTC Issues FY 2014 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book (November 19, 2014)
• Payment Processor Agrees to Give Up More Than $1 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Assisted, Facilitated Telemarketing Scammers (June 11, 2014)
• FTC Stops Mass Telemarketing Scam That Defrauded U.S. Seniors and Others Out of Millions of Dollars (March 31, 2014)
• FTC Shuts Down Fraudulent Debt Relief Operation (September 11, 2013)
• FTC Updates Telemarketer Fees for the Do Not Call Registry as of October 1, 2013 (September 3, 2013)
• FTC Extends Public Comment Deadline on Proposed Telemarketing Sales Rule Changes Through August 8, 2013 (July 12, 2013)
• FTC Settles ‘Rachel’ Robocall Enforcement Case (July 12, 2013)
• FTC Testifies Before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Enforcement of the National Do Not Call Registry and Efforts to Stop Illegal Robocalls (July 10, 2013)
• Mortgage Broker Targeting U.S. Servicemembers Will Pay Record $7.5 Million to Settle Alleged Telemarketing Violations (June 27, 2013)
• FTC Settlement Requires California Company to Halt Illegal Robocalls (May 14, 2013)
• FTC Action Halts Brooklyn Company from Using Deception, Threats, and Intimidation to Trick Elderly Consumers Into Paying for Unordered Medical Alert Devices (March 8, 2013)
• FTC Shuts Down Robocall Operation That Allegedly Claimed to Help Consumers Get FTC Consumer Refunds (December 3, 2012)
• FTC Settlement Bans Marketer from Timeshare Business, Telemarketing (October 12, 2012)
• FTC Acts to Halt Medical Plan Scheme that Targeted Vulnerable Consumers (October 10, 2012)
• FTC Cracks Down on Phony Mortgage Relief Schemes (October 9, 2012)
• FTC Halts Massive Tech Support Scams (October 3, 2012)
• FTC Action Halts Debt Relief Marketing Operation (September 18, 2012)
• Consumers Asked DISH Network to Leave Them Alone, But FTC Says Calls Kept Coming(August 23, 2012)
• FTC Sends Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry (December 30, 2011)
• Telemarketer to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Thwarting Consumers' Requests to be Placed On Its Clients' Do Not Call Lists (December 16, 2011)
• FTC Updates Telemarketer Fees for the Do Not Call Registry (August 26, 2011)
• FTC Settlements Put Debt Relief Operations Out of Business (May 26, 2011)
• In Comment to Federal Communications Commission, FTC Stresses that Sellers are Responsible for Calls Made by Outside Telemarketers (May 16, 2011)
• FTC Charges Utah Operation with Deceptive and Abusive Telemarketing (May 9, 2011)
• Maker of Rascal Scooters to Pay $100,000 for Violating FTCs Do Not Call Rules (April 21, 2011)
• Court Shutters Telemarketers Peddling Bogus Timeshare Resales (March 31, 2011)
• FTC Sends Refund Claim Forms to Nearly 12,000 Victims of Auto Warranty Robocaller(February 16, 2011)
• FTC Seeks Public Comments on Ways to Strengthen Caller ID Provisions of the Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (December 7, 2010)
• Auto Warranty Robocaller To Pay $2.3 Million, Sell Mercedes For Consumer Redress (August 23, 2010)
• 'Telefunder' to Pay $300,000 for Abandoning Millions of Telemarketing Calls to Potential Charity Donors (June 30, 2010)
• At FTC's Request, Court Halts Massive Robocall Operation (June 10, 2010)

HIDEPUBLIC EVENTS

• Robocalls All The Rage: An FTC Summit (October 18, 2012)

HIDEREPORTS

• The Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007: Report To Congress Regarding the Accuracy of the Do Not Call Registry
• Biennial Report to Congress Pursuant to the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, FY 2009
• Biennial Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, FY 2014 and 2015

HIDEPUBLIC STATEMENTS

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled “Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?” (July 10, 2013)
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Consumer Privacy (July 27, 2010)

HIDEBUSINESS EDUCATION

• General Information for Business
• Complying with the Telemarketing Sales Rule

HIDECONSUMER EDUCATION

• Avoiding Do Not Call Scams
• Filing a Complaint