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FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule Comments Due Aug. 2

The FTC wants comments by Aug. 2 on proposed amendments to the telemarketing sales rule, said a notice for Friday's Federal Register. The commission proposed additional recordkeeping requirements, a prohibition on "material misrepresentations and false or misleading statements" in business…

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to business telemarketing transactions, and a proposed new definition of "previous donor." Also due by Aug. 2 are comments on whether the FTC should continue to exempt telemarketing calls to businesses, whether a "notice and cancelation mechanism with negative option sales" should be required, and whether to extend the rule to calls consumers make to a telemarketer.